Editing Participant Content (PC) guide

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Guide to introduce the use of so-called Participant Content (PC) system in [[Entropia Universe]].

==Participant Content in a nutshell==
Participant Content (PC) are images and videos that player can upload for a fee into the game and display it on a specific set of items (signs, screens, displays) able to host such content. Those items can then be put on display in/on player-owned estates. The most popular use-case for Participant Content is advertising (don't confuse with the [[Global Ad System, Ad Terminals, Ad Screens|in-game advertising system]]).

The legal framework for Participant Content is the [[Participant Content Policy]].

==How to get displays for Participant Content==
Display able to host Participant content are usually crafted. Theoretically you can craft one yourself which would require the according skills, the Blueprint and the ingredients. Crafting in general usually only makes sense if you want to level up specific skills and/or you want to sell the products, both of which again usually only makes sense if you craft a large number of these items. So if you just want a display for displaying your content crafting it yourself can be ruled out.

Like almost any other item the displays for Participant Content can be bought in [[Entropia_Universe_trading_guide#Player-to-player_trade|Player-to-player_trade]], at [[Entropia_Universe_trading_guide#Shops_and_shopkeepers|shops]] or from [[Entropia_Universe_trading_guide#Auction|auction]] where it can be found in the Furniture category (All -> Items -> Housing -> Furniture). Displays that can host Participant content can be recognized easily by the letters "PC" usually at the end of the item name, for example "[[Item:Xlite-S Screen (PC)|Xlite-S Screen ('''PC''')]]‎". But not any PC enabled display can host any type of PC content, many can host image & text and "multimedia" (=video) as well, some can only host image & text but no multimedia (=video). Further details can be found in the list of display in the next section just below.

==Displays for Participant Content==
{{#ask: [[Participant Content::Yes]]
| ?Display Type=Type
| ?Aspect Ratio=Aspect<br />ratio
| ?Local Content=Local<br />content
| ?ImgAndText=Images<br />& text
| ?Effects
| ?Multimedia
| ?Cost=Cost/ad
| ?Value=Max TT<br />value
| ?Item Points=Item<br />points
| ?Weight
| ?Source
| ?Form Edit Link=
| format=table
| class=sortable smwtable tighttable
| mainlabel=Item
| headers=plain
| searchlabel=
}}


==Preparing images for upload into the game==
===Content restrictions===
Of course not all content is suitable for being displayed in game. As a rule of thumb, all content should be related to Entropia Universe, but regularly non-EU related artwork can be seen as PC too. A very important aspect is the copyright and other rights attached to the content.

Following is the according paragraph in Mindark's [[Participant Content Policy]] - the legal framework for PC:

:"You agree that You will not: (a) submit materials that are copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, privacy and publicity rights, unless You are the owner of such rights or have a written permission from their rightful owner(s) to submit the materials; (b) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage MindArk or any third party; (c) submit material that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, pornographic, hateful, harassing, containing excessive language, racially, ethnically or sexually offensive, or encourages conduct considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or agreement, or is otherwise inappropriate; (d) post advertisements or business solicitations not related to participation in the Entropia Universe;"

===File formats===
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==Uploading images==
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==Links, references, contributors, categories==
* Guide: [[Global Ad System, Ad Terminals, Ad Screens]]

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