Can I borrow this?

[Saladin]

Protoss Temple[improved].jpg

Hey, I saw this art and I wanted to say well done. I don't know who made it, so I wanted to inform the original person a compliment and also ask them permission to use on my website? I wanted to maintain the original copyright and make it so that I can credit the person who made this. It looks cool and I was wondering if it was okay that I can use this?

Let me know in my pm or e-mail and I'll respond.

sector.koprulu@gmail.com

[Visions of Khas]

Sup.

The original artwork was done by Blizzard. After it was published, I just edited the lighting and coloration. You're welcome to credit my contribution. But the rights belong to Blizzard, so you should definitely note/put more emphasis on that.

[TheEconomist]

Yeah, umm, fear the Blizzard lawyers. They will ram their lawsuit up your ass so hard your spine will crack.

[Saladin]

Dammit, that's what I was afraid of!

oh well, I thought you guys made some art from sc1 and made it look sc2. if it was purely-made fan photos, I could totally use those without copyright issues. I guess I could try using it, because technically it's not like I use my site for financial purposes... So, it should be fine.

[TheEconomist]

Pretty sure there's a very large legal or grey area for usage for non-financial reasons.

[Saladin]

Pretty sure there's a very large legal or grey area for usage for non-financial reasons.

Basically, this:

Blizzard Entertainment® hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non- assignable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any material and/or software that you may download from this site, including, but not limited to, any files, codes, audio or images incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the "Downloaded Content") provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other notices contained or associated with such Downloaded Content. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the Downloaded Content and that no title to the Downloaded Content has been or will be transferred to you from Blizzard Entertainment® or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Downloaded Content.

Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or unlawful.

Also, this is important:

You must also include all copyright, trademark and other notices as appropriate

Source: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...legal-faq.html