Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
From what I can tell in Skullheadhq's link, Activision is suing the "mod" group for hijacking the King's Quest IP rights. It is not a mod they were making, it is a new game, they wanted to make a sequel. When the rights were owned by Vivendi, apparently Vivendi didn't care. But Activision owns the rights now, and does care. Maybe they want to revisit the IP and create a sequel themselves? Who knows. Activision is in the right here, but it shouldn't affect true mods or mod/DLC conflict. The lawsuit is more along the lines of what Games Workshop does.
Vivendi gave them the rights to make this mod sequel. ON PAPER. Just like Arsenal of Democracy got the rights from Paradox, and they (mod-devs) asked money for it. If they would have taken it to court Activision would be laughed out of court, but volonteers are in no position to fight the lawyer unslaught from Activision.