Moding and the law

[dark113]

Moding and the law

 

I have seen on many ocations on here and other sites where to mod creaters have placed that the mod can not be used on any other site or included in any other mod here lies a problem

 

as a moder you would like to keep your intalectial rights and continue to make mods for the comunity then there is the argument about fair use i have spent a long time looking in to this and come to the conclushion that this is a in herant problem

 

From what i have read as a moder (1) you may clame copy right on any art work you include that YOU yoursalf have made but YOU may not clame any coppy right for artwork from the oraganal game (2) you may not clame coppy right for any source code

 

I would point all authers to take a look at this page to understand the law http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise26.html

 

 

 

 

[postal001]

Moding and the law

 

I have seen on many ocations on here and other sites where to mod creaters have placed that the mod can not be used on any other site or included in any other mod here lies a problem

 

as a moder you would like to keep your intalectial rights and continue to make mods for the comunity then there is the argument about fair use i have spent a long time looking in to this and come to the conclushion that this is a in herant problem

 

From what i have read as a moder (1) you may clame copy right on any art work you include that YOU yoursalf have made but YOU may not clame any coppy right for artwork from the oraganal game (2) you may not clame coppy right for any source code

 

I would point all authers to take a look at this page to understand the law http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise26.html

 

 

 

 

 

It's not about the law, it's about common courtesy. You're not going to get arrested for uploading someone's mod somewhere else, but the mod author can easily remove their mods from the internet, stop updating their mods, etc.

[shadowslasher410]

Y'know, technically modding is illegal without the permission of the publishers. I'm just glad Bethesda let's us mod (and even released the GECK to make it so that we actually CAN mod without having to, like reverse engineer the thing or something- which, yes, is also illegal).