I like to make BGA game rules & tips visually appealing. I'd like to check that I am OK to:
The only relevant documentation I've found is this 2021 general licence agreement for non-premium games:
https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/image ... Pub_en.pdf
- screenshot some official rules e.g. from BGG
- crop & create a sprite image of some game assets (tokens/cards etc.)
- upload that image to en.doc.boardgamearena.com & display it
The only relevant documentation I've found is this 2021 general licence agreement for non-premium games:
https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/image ... Pub_en.pdf
P.S. if any admins read this, hopefully you don't use this agreement anymore since the legal info is out of date.4. SCOPE OF THE LICENSE GRANTED TO THE LICENSEE
3.1 The Licensor grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive license on the Game’s Intellectual Property Rights which includes the right for the Licensee to – directly or indirectly, in particular but not limited with the contribution of gamers that are members of the BGA Platform community – develop/ have developed in any IT Language, reproduce, adapt/have adapted, translate/have translated, publicly display all the elements in and to the Game likely to be protected by Intellectual Property Rights including but not limited to design, characters, decor, game play, artworks, rules instructions, box and packaging, trademarks and logos (hereinafter the “Game’s Assets”) for the purpose of the publication on BGA Platform, throughout the Territory during the Term, including but not limited to:
- the right to translate the Game’s Assets in all languages of the countries within the Territory including in any IT Language;
- the right to localize the Game’s Assets - i.e.; legal, linguistic and cultural adaptations - to the standards of the countries within the Territory;
- the right to adapt/have adapted and develop/have developed in any IT Language, publicly display, digitally transmit, advertise, publish, promote the Game’s Assets within the Application in any medium or format, whether now known or hereafter discovered (such as electronic communication and transmission or TV broadcasting using any telecommunication process for sounds, images, documents, data, messages and advertisements of any type ;
- the right to reproduce, change, adapt (i) the Game’s Assets ; (ii) the brands, logos and/or tradenames of Licensor for the promotion and advertisement of the Application whether by press or through BGA Platform, e-mail push-ups, media kits including press releases, posters, flyers, post cards, billboards, any and all e-documents. The list in this section is not exhaustive.
- the right to display (i) the Game’s Assets; (ii) the brands, logos and/or trademarks of Licensor for the promotion and advertisement of the Application on any medium, whether electronic, digital or opto-digital or via on-line databases, websites and by any means.
- the right to sub-licence to End Users the rights to use, perform or display the Application for its own internal use.
3.2 Parties acknowledge that all Game’s Intellectual Property Rights granted to the Licensee are only to develop, promote, and freely display the Application on BGA Platform. No fee could be asked to any user wether through a subscription or by any other way. If Licensee or Licensor wish to change the economic model of the Application on the BGA Platform, they shall negociate a separate agreement (Premium License Agreement) in good faith.
3.3 Licensee can make the Application available in any language, unless otherwise notified by any written means by the Licensor.