Someone Is Selling Mods !

**Quillan** · 07-09-2006, 15:27

This could be tricky, as I don't speak Italian, but is he selling the mods, or is he simply selling a service? If what he is selling is the service of downloading the things you can't download, burning them onto a disk and shipping them to you, and the price he charges reflects only the costs of materials/shipping and the service provided, it might technically be legal.

When I saw the thread, I figured X1 was at it again.

**Monarch** · 07-09-2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by Quillan

This could be tricky, as I don't speak Italian,

http://www.google.co.uk/language_tools?hl=en

Put the URL into that and have a read.

**TB666** · 07-09-2006, 22:07

Originally Posted by Monarch

http://www.google.co.uk/language_tools?hl=en

Put the URL into that and have a read.

Well that made little sense

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But the item doesn't seem to be on sale anymore.
And it doesn't seem like he is charging the shipping cost either.
But seriously why would anyone buy it ??
If the download is too big then use a download manager, then you can pause the download if you wish.

**x-dANGEr** · 07-10-2006, 12:33

And those who have a 100 MB limit?

**lars573** · 07-10-2006, 13:38

This guy doesn't appear to be doing anything wrong. Everything he's put onto a CD and shipping around is distributed for free over the internet. He's breaking no laws (unless RTR or EB copyrighted there work, which they can't as mods are owned by CA and SEGA). PC gaming magazines have shipped patches and mods on their CD/DVD's before and will again. IIRC RTR was distributed on a gamming mags CD before, right?

When you do something for free you have no cover if someone does something like this. Consultation is nice, but not required.

**Epistolary Richard** · 07-10-2006, 18:54

If the individual in question hasn't got the separate permission of the creators, then it's all down the licences included in the mods/patch.

If the mods/patch has a 'May not be used for a commercial purpose' then it's a breach of the conditions under which he downloaded it. Selling stuff is a commercial purpose, whether he makes a profit, a loss or breaks even out of it is neither here nor there.

Anyone got a copy of the licences of those mods so we can have a look?

**gardibolt** · 07-11-2006, 16:26

Just because something is available for free doesn't mean that it's not protected by copyrights. The author retains the right to control copying, even if he's giving it away himself. If the license on the mod says that it can be freely distributed, then fine, but otherwise it's probably a violation.