Is it copyright....

[fenrizz]

According to law, yes.
Do I think you should be able to anyway? yes I do.

Yeah, lets increase the number of botched licensed (or in this case non-licensed) games! That'll do wonders for the source material...

If anyone could get me a contact page for the creators of Oblivion, or managers, it'd be a great help.

Now, it's illegal to novelize the story in the game, but setting a novel in the game's setting is a little hazier. A number of writers have gotten away with writing stories set in someone else's universe. However, generally those universes exist in public domain. And sometimes it fails, like the (unofficial) sequel to The Catcher in the Rye which J.D. Salinger (the original writer) sued to prevent.

This is what I meant.
I think it should be legal to write, and publish stories set in the same universe as the games without paying royalties.
The official stuff they can have to themselves.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Without the Creator's Consent, I think so.
And if you're planning to publish it and sell it for profit without the proper consent, Definitely copyright.
If it's Fanfiction, or otherwise not intended for commercial release, then I don't think theres a problem.

Although you'd be amazed how anal some companies can be about their copyright holdings.

 

[D_987]

This is what I meant.
I think it should be legal to write, and publish stories set in the same universe as the games without paying royalties.
The official stuff they can have to themselves.

Again I disagree; mainly because it usually butchers the original source material and can often confuse fans.

 

[Hazy]

Without the Creator's Consent, I think so.
And if you're planning to publish it and sell it for profit without the proper consent, Definitely copyright.
If it's Fanfiction, or otherwise not intended for commercial release, then I don't think theres a problem.

Although you'd be amazed how anal some companies can be about their copyright holdings.

Oh I know.. WMG makes good use of muting my videos because of it..