Someone Is Selling Mods !

**Divinus Arma** · 07-09-2006, 15:31

Woah. This is actually a hell of a loop hole.

Think about it:

It takes hours for some people to download a mod on very slow connections. Some people pay to be premium members of public servers in order to get "bumped up" in line. Are they then selling the modification?

Therefore, someone could, hypothetically, sell the method by which it is distributed: namely via CD. As long as he does not sell RTW itself, this could be legal. After all, the modifications require the software from RTW to function. Again, he is not selling the intellectual property. He is only selling the method of its distribution. By the same token, somebody could host a super-fast server, bittorrent style, and sell the service, but only exclusively for downloading mods.

Woah.

If somebody decides to really run with this, they would likely end in court either way. Its just hard to say who would win, because the law gets fuzzy when dealing with the distribution of free software.

**The Spartan (Returns)** · 07-09-2006, 16:18

Originally Posted by Eclectic

Therefore, someone could, hypothetically, sell the method by which it is distributed: namely via CD. As long as he does not sell RTW itself, this could be legal. After all, the modifications require the software from RTW to function. Again, he is not selling the intellectual property. He is only selling the method of its distribution. By the same token, somebody could host a super-fast server, bittorrent style, and sell the service, but only exclusively for downloading mods.

thats true. but i think he selling mods not selling hosts. btw hes an idiot. he selling mundus map which is completly free, hes selling RTR 6.0 which i could get 6.2 and he selling a frggin patch which is free! hes an idiot! why would he sell something which you could get free! you can google mod and the first thing you see will not be ebay. it will be totalwar.org,twcenter,net,or stratcommandcenter.com. complete idiot. nuff said. cough no offense!

**Dominii** · 07-09-2006, 18:25

Originally Posted by The Spartan

thats true. but i think he selling mods not selling hosts. btw hes an idiot. he selling mundus map which is completly free, hes selling RTR 6.0 which i could get 6.2 and he selling a frggin patch which is free! hes an idiot! why would he sell something which you could get free! you can google mod and the first thing you see will not be ebay. it will be totalwar.org,twcenter,net,or stratcommandcenter.com. complete idiot. nuff said. cough no offense!

Idiot 1 distributes to ignorant people 2-???. Those who think it's easier to buy mods or that they cannot be downloaded for free are getting ripped off. This is definately illegal as I assume he doesnt have the permission of those who created the mods to sell them, this is a breach of intellectual rights and copyrights as he is essentially an online street vendor.

Someone better send him a little note reminding him he's gonna get in trouble.

**Silver Rusher** · 07-09-2006, 18:35

Wow, 100% positive feedback from 259 recommendations!

Hang on a minute: Is RTR 6.0 even available in Italian? Because if it isn't, people might buy it (would still be illegal though)

**spirit_of_rob** · 07-09-2006, 18:53

i think RTr should be alerted and anyone else whose work is involved should be contacted as they can then complain to EB. They are unlikely to take much notice of only a few complaints whereas they would take note of a lot.

For example i would be serverly pissed if i found my work on Heg, Imperium or EB on there someone making money of my work.. i dont think so!