This guy is not doing any favors for the modding community.
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When will people learn to do these kinds of things anonymously?
This guy wanted to make money from this mod and put it behind a paywall, that's the only reason it got taken down.
This seems like a good idea, but a related question I've been wondering about is, what is the best way to anonymously run a software project facing this type of threat model, when you also want that software to be accessible to people? Does anyone know about any tips or resources for this? Is there some kind of darknet github? How do you do social media or collect donations/payment? Also, are there any good examples of projects that did this right?
I'm not an expert, but I2P and Tor should allow people to host things anonymously.
Monero can be used as an anonymous payment method.
I don't understand this at all.
rockstar did the same thing to the VR mods that were made for GTA games.
the guys are developing mods that are going to make me want to purchase and play the game. why is that a problem?
I don't understand intellectual property
In this case it's cause the modder is charging money for the mod, I think CD Project Red even offered to allow it to exist if he stopped charging before this, so I would argue this is on the modder
You don't understand because you didn't read the article
I don't understand intellectual property
I'm asking from a place of curiosity, not a place of judgement. Have you ever created anything? A piece of art, poem or prose, a film, a program, etc?
I am an artist who is VERY anti-IP law. The system as it exists is evil and does far more harm than good. IP is not some holy grail that deserves protection when it can be so easily abused. I would rather have no IP law than the current system, but I'll settle for reforms.
Makes me think of all the day care places with Disney characters painted outside the walls…
Copyright makes no sense. As long as there is a correct citation, it's kosher as far as I'm concerned.
"This song was originally created by @turdnugget" should be the point of copyright and not the current rent seeking behaviour of the ruling class.