Game_modders==Hackers ??

[mcm2boys]

Hmmm, are you're skins worth $1000 - $100,000 ..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/tecmo_sues_xbox_game_hackers/


.. and just for skinning models, does anyone know any good lawyers? 

[VMX_SKYmx99]

Thats dumb.  They bought the game legally.  Thats like painting a new car you bought.  It's yours and you can do what you want to it.

[BombX3]

Hmm, dont no what to say. Was definetely interesting to read though

[Bulldog]

Thats dumb. They bought the game legally. Thats like painting a new car you bought. It's yours and you can do what you want to it.

Unfortunately that's not how software licensing works.  They still own it....they are just letting you use it for a fee...with all of their restrictions...whatever they may be.

Pete

[DirtTwister]

I truely believe TECMO doesn't have a leg to stand on.  The problem usually is that when a large company sues, people cave in rather than fight, even though they may be right.

I consider what the sued individuals were doing would be similar to telling someone how to color pages in a book and providing overlays to put in your book so that you could tailor it to your liking, for your personal use.  It is not the copying and selling of a book or anything like that.

[Copyright] protection has never accorded the copyright owner complete control over all possible uses of his work. . . . All reproductions of the work . . . are not within the exclusive domain of the copyright owner; some are in the public domain. Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a 'fair use'; the copyright owner does not possess the exclusive right to such a use. . . . anyone . . . who makes a fair use of the work is not an infringer of the copyright with respect to such use. (464 U.S. at 432-33)

Here is some interesting reading:

http://www.usg.edu/admin/legal/copyright/

Bruce