possible legal issue with the energy shield icon used ingame

[Fl4sh]

Hello,

In order to avoid possible trademark issues and such, I'd like to point out that the energy shield icon used in Factorio comes from another game, Eve-Online (which they have been using for the last 10 years and which I have been playing since 2006). Here is a link to their official wiki https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Item ... d_Boosters .

This being said I luv the game and I'm looking forward to new updates. You have done a great job so far! Please do continue!

Regards,
Fl4sh

[ficolas]

I can tell you there are other things that arent originally for the game, and I dont think every small piece of art is copyrighted.
Also they know where they took it from xD

[kovarex]

Actually, I took the shield from different source, so it probably was copied more times
Anyway, we plan to make our version of all the icons eventually ofcourse.

[Nova]

oh, that could end very bad... Never "just use" a picture from a side if you are not sure it is not copyrighted.
Is this icon free to use even for commercial products? If not: That's very risky, better change it immediately. Lawsuits can be a very expensive affair to deal with!

[slpwnd]

@Nova agreed that this is potentially quite dangerous. Actually we hope to have our own icons / items set for 0.8 or 0.9.

[RawCode]

only way to get punished - recieve warning and ignore it multiple times, it's unlikely that anyone will fill copyright claim for single icon.

[Nova]

Never underestimate the "value" of even a single icon. Over 1000€ (~ 1350$) is not unrealistic. That's maybe not the real value, but some kind of "we want money from you. much money."