i shouldn't have jumped the gun. i was not offended by anything blue_prawn said, just thinking that a hot topic like this would devolve where it ought not go.

i am sorry if i came off as uncaring or insensitive, that was not my intention.

i can't think of it offhand, but there is a website where this lady curates stuff from old books, scans it herself, and puts attribution requirements on it. there was some stuff there i never saw anywhere else but the lack of a "real" license made me disregard at as a source.

so that is an example of someone attempting to enforce the copyright on their scans, which is legally legit. but as you said, they really shouldn't be.

that's aside from stuff at project gutenberg, as the folks who work there are intentionally releasing their scans into the public domain.

but blue_prawn is right to comment on the possibility of someone trying to enforce their "copyright" on a photo they took of Boticelli's Birth of Venus, for instance.

it just reinofrces the notion we should all be careful about our sources, document where stuff came from, attribute even if not required to establish a sort of "chain of custody" of where you got what you got.

though this has nothing to do with the spam comments discussion in this thread. sorry to derail, i was replying to what storm was saying.

edit: i can't find the link to the site i mentioned. it was a while ago and i could be misremembering details. i did find instances of other scanners offering "free" scans and "premium high res" scans, but with no concrete license specified for their "derivative" scans. all legal of course for them to do as taking a picture of something or scanning it has been found to constitute a derivative work. but i choose not to use sources without concrete license or some indication of thorough research on copyright status.

and edit again, this time on-topc ;) :

7th comment down on the above linked to space game art pack is from 2014 and has a link that redirects to security extension scam.

"Vidmaster: Your space game sounds similar to mine, i got rotable turrets too (they always point to your cursor) and complete free, real time controls. Is there something you have to show already? I'm always interested in sharing inspirations and ideas with other gamedevs :) My game is playable at http://websocket.bonsaiheld.org/ (multiplayer doesn't work at the moment)."

i doubt the original url did that from looking at comments after that refer to that user's game, as blue_prawn indicated in the op. i think it's just an abandonment issue. these things will happen.

and a preemptive apology for butting my nose in to everything. i should really go get some work done.

while i agree with your sentiment of hoping that our commrades in eastern europe are ok, this thread is likely to derail into discussion of politics, which is not what oga forums are for.

320 x 180 is modern aspect ratio but lowres enough to feel retro.