The bottom line is use common sense: if you do something that is directly against the wishes of the creator, and if you get punished, you deserve it so don't whine about it.

In this case PoG is owned by ASW and Beenox. The game itself is copyrighted and you can not use images from it without permission(the (url="http://"http://stark.evula.net/pogwalkthrough.htm")PoG Walkthrough and Compendium(/url), for example, received permission from both ASW and Beenox to use images from PoG).

Coldstone, on the other hand, has a license with it that allows purchasers to utilize the image libraries. Many of the images were used in PoG, so if you bought Coldstone then you can legally use the images in your games.

The images in PoG that are not included with Coldstone are obviously not a part of the CGE license and thus are not useable.

But again it all boils down to enforcement. In reality if you rip graphics from a copyrighted work and use it solely for your own amusement, it is doubtful that anyone will prosecute you.

However, "doubtful," "will," and "can" are different words. And as I mentioned at the beginning of this post, if you get caught and you are punished you certainly deserve it. I don't want to hear anyone whining about the "bad evil company" that sued for copyright infringement.

The choice is yours.

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