How does this KEEP GETTING WORSE??

  • Don_alForno@feddit.de
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    3 months ago

    This is the wrong comparison. If you painted a modified version of an existing painting, the original painter can’t take your work and sell it against your will.

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      3 months ago

      Actually it’s more like you modifying someone else’s video game and then selling it as your own

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        3 months ago

        No it’s not. The modder didn’t sell anything. Wanting to be compensated if somebody else makes a profit from your work that you put out for free is not the same thing as selling it.

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            3 months ago

            No, because they weren’t even offering it for sale. But they also weren’t offering it to be taken to be sold by somebody else for a profit. Which is what the studio did anyway. So now, after the fact, they can either pay a compensation and credit the modder, or they can remove their stuff from the game.