Its no secret that I love gaming as probably proved in the new gaming thread but you often can't make money off of gaming related stuff due to the copyright protection etc but what about blogging and using affiliate links?
I'm talking about Minecraft in particular here, its a game I love to play and know a fair bit about in terms of modding and servers and could probably knock up a fan fiction or two that I could release in short chapters as blog posts (many people have written basic ones for Kindle). What are the possible pitfalls here? I know that Kristian said someone needing to get caught out by Britax for their domain name so I know I couldn't use the word Minecraft in the domain name. The use of images here again confuses me - I know I wouldn't be able to use assets as images but what about inspiration for logos? or screen shots of the game? What about writing about Minecraft cakes that the images of are already shared on Pintrest?
Its all a headache really but don't know if anyone knew any more. If I could make it work it could be great in addition to my business venture
I'm talking about Minecraft in particular here, its a game I love to play and know a fair bit about in terms of modding and servers and could probably knock up a fan fiction or two that I could release in short chapters as blog posts (many people have written basic ones for Kindle). What are the possible pitfalls here? I know that Kristian said someone needing to get caught out by Britax for their domain name so I know I couldn't use the word Minecraft in the domain name. The use of images here again confuses me - I know I wouldn't be able to use assets as images but what about inspiration for logos? or screen shots of the game? What about writing about Minecraft cakes that the images of are already shared on Pintrest?
Its all a headache really but don't know if anyone knew any more. If I could make it work it could be great in addition to my business venture