Is it Illegal to Use Assets from Another Game for Research Purposes?

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is taken from the from AC Unity EULA, thought I would post these here to show what you are and aren’t allowed to do. Since you don’t actually own the game (only a licence to use it), the lawn mower analogy doesn’t really apply.

2. OWNERSHIP.
   All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Product (including, without limitation, all text, graphics, music or sounds, all messages or items of information, fictional characters, names, themes, objects, scenery, costumes, , dialogues, slogans, places, characters, diagrams, concepts, choreographies, videos, audio-visual , domain names and any other elements which are part of the Product, individually or in combination) and any and all copies thereof are owned by UBISOFT or its licensors. The Product is protected by national and international laws, copyright treaties and conventions and other laws. Product may contain certain licensed materials and, in that event, UBISOFT’s licensors may protect their rights in the event of any violation of Agreement. Any reproduction or representation of these licensed materials in any way and for any reason is prohibited without UBISOFT’s prior permission and, if applicable, UBISOFT’s licensors’ and representatives’. Except as expressly set forth in EULA, all rights not granted hereunder to You are expressly reserved by UBISOFT.
   License confers no title or ownership in the Product and should not be construed as a sale of any rights in the Product.

PRODUCT IS LICENSED TO YOU, NOT SOLD. 1.2 You shall not, directly or indirectly (i) sell, rent out, lease, license, distribute, market, exploit the Product or any of its parts commercially, (ii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, adapt, reproduce, or create derivate works of Product (except if the Product enable You through a specific to create, generate or submit User Generated Content and for which You will need to create an Account and comply Terms of Use), in whole or in part; (iii) create, use and/or distribute “auto”, “trainer”, “script” or “macro” computer programs or other “cheat” or “hack” programs or software applications for Product (whether in an online multiplayer game or in a single player game over the internet or in local area network); (iv) remove, alter, disable or circumvent any copyright and trademark indications or other authorship and origin information, notices or labels contained on or within Product and (v) export or re-export Product or any copy of adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.