Unity Assets / Copyright Infringement

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Okay, so lets say there is an asset on the asset store that is basically a complete game.

I as the end user according to the licensing agreement have the right to publish it on the Google Play Store/Apple Store, right?

But what if someone else took that same asset and already published it as a game on the Google Play/App Store. Would me also publishing the same game be Copyright Infringement or anything similar since they have already published the game?

Thanks for the help!

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No, you cannot be sued by another publisher who used those same assets for copyright infringement, because neither of you own the copyright to those assets. The copyright is held by the person who originally created those assets and placed them on the asset store.

When you paid to download those assets, you purchased a "non-exclusive, worldwide, and perpetual license to use the Asset" (see the Asset Store EULA, section 2.2). The keyword here is non-exclusive. So anyone else who purchases the asset also gets a right to use them, and you can't stop them.

Note that, legal reasons aside, there's plenty of very good reasons not to just download a template off the asset store and publish it on Google Play. By definition, your game will be unoriginal and generic, it's very likely it will get recognised as an asset pack and reviewed accordingly. You can upload it, but I'd really rather strongly suggest you use assets as a basis for learning from, or customise them to your own game requirements first.

Unity Assets / Copyright Infringement

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