Board Thread:Site Questions/@comment-25988375-20150109063138/@comment-29665034-20160818093339

Underscorre wrote:

Mastrosasso wrote:

Hi, I am a writer and would like to adapt one or more creepypasta stories, could you please confirm me that I can adapt the material in this site and eventually get it printed in the comic book form for example?

- Sacha The majority of pastas on this site are released under CC BY-SA, which allows you to adapt them as much as you want, and release what you've made commercially, as long as you give credit to the original author (BY) and release whatever you create under the same license (SA). For the full terms of CC BY-SA, please look at the link above. If the license is not specified on a pasta, it's safe to assume that it's released under this license, as this is the default for all of our content.

If a pasta specifies a different license, these terms will be different. Some common alternative licenses are CC BY-NC, which is essentially the same as BY-SA, except you cannot release what you make commercially, and CC BY-NC-ND, which doesn't allow you to create derivative works or profit from the original work. Pastas released under these licenses will explicitly say so, generally at the bottom.

As I understand it, you can get permission from the original author to violate the terms of these licenses, but don't quote me on that.

Also, I would highly suggest getting permission from the author first - it's the polite thing to do.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, this is just how it works to my understanding.

First of all thanks for the quick reply. Now let me ask you a more specific question, let's take a famous creepypasta: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment

As far as I know, it was posted originally by user Orange Soda, but at the bottom of the story it says "''Original author unknown". ''

How should I regard this story in your - non-legal - opinion?

Thanks a lot in advance! ;)

- Sacha