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How would I give parental consent and ownership for Publisher?

A topic by CreamLeaf created Sep 01, 2020 Views: 548 Replies: 3

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Hello! The username is CreamLeaf, and I am a 14 year old that makes games. Going up and down through some different questions, I found out that you need to be 18 and above to publish games (even free ones), and I was wandering how I would give the Publisher name or Author name (CreamLeaf) to my parents, though imaginable, still wandering if it still possible to publish free games with CreamLeaf title to my parents but still publishing games freely on itch.

I would be glad to have answers as I am someone that doesn't really like reading Terms of Service (even though they are important).

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mid4 years ago

Here is the relevant text:

Publishers affirm that they are either more than 18 years of age, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement.

So, assuming you’re “competent”, there doesn’t seem to be any problem. IANAL, though, and I’d suggest you to read the terms anyway. Not doing so is exactly the same as not reading a contract you sign.

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CreamLeaf4 years ago (2 edits)

I usually only read the Terms when they say to please do so, or the acceptance check mark says that the user affirms that he/she has read.

Though I remember me seeing something about Guardians/Parental ownership, monitoring or consent of the Publisher name or license,so that is what I plan to do.

Though another mini question, does that mean that the email has to be transferred from mine toy parent's? Because I am using my own email.

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firecat4 years ago(+1)

you own the game rights and you can make agreements with your parents. Your parents would be responsible for other things like contracts or their own taxes. DO be aware the advantage of filling your own taxes vs not filling taxes. your parents are the ones who will sign the publisher agreement not you because of certain laws or publisher rule.

How is this done is mostly through the tax filling and agreeing that your parents did give you the right to make itch.io publisher account. Then you can upload your game and people will play it.

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