Online game communities and Alchemy Gothic.

Recently, we have had an increasingly large number of enquiries regarding Alchemy's intellectual property, (art, designs and characters, etc), and it's potential use in Second Life and other such online, virtual worlds and games.

Alchemy would like to support the use of its Property by gamers and in virtual existences, but to do this, due to the varied complications arising out of commercial licensing and legal responsibilities, it has become necessary to set-up a rudimentary Private Use License arrangement for the benefit of all.

This is a simple and cost-free agreement, to which any online 'gamer' is entitled to subscribe. To explain, all of the Alchemy Gothic images and artwork, as well as their characters and storylines are copyright protected and owned and managed by Alchemy themselves. All use of this intellectual property, therefore, will have commercial, moral, legal and liability implications and, unfortunately, has to be accounted for formally by anyone wishing to use it. Although this phenomenon is at an early stage in its development at present, it will inevitably increase in scale and importance and therefore, anyone found using copyright material without the correct authority from Alchemy, could easily find themselves liable for potentially serious legal implications.

With the growing popularity in Alchemy's 'Property', and Alchemy's forthcoming licensed development in other popular culture media, licensing issues are becoming more crucial. Alchemy's policy on this, therefore, is to remain friendly and as informal as possible and to allow such private online use by individuals, but with a few certain, simple conditions attached.

These terms are summarised here in the form of a short and simple License Agreement. To anyone wishing to use any Alchemy Property for personal use in online games or virtual worlds, provided that you are happy to agree to conform to this short agreement and register online to confirm as much, then Alchemy will be pleased to automatically grant you a license to use and continue to use Alchemy's Property, (as defined in this Private Use License), for your own enjoyment.

In the event that you do not agree to the conditions set out in this agreement, then, regrettably, Alchemy would not be able to grant you the permission to use any of its property and any such use would be illegal.

If you agree to the terms set our in the private use license agreement then simply register here to be covered by its terms.