OrbWeaver on 22/7/2007 at 16:52
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I don't dispute that such a thing is nothing to do with the Dark Mod itself, but would Eidos ask that a Thief based DM mission be withdrawn?
That would be entirely up to Eidos. Personally I doubt they would care (and suing their own fans is likely to do more harm than good), but they possibly have a right to demand that the individual FM is withdrawn if it uses Thief material or characters.
ToolFan2007 on 22/7/2007 at 16:59
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As for me it's just a reason for DM haters to molest the team, nothing else.
Haters? The mod hasn't even come out yet?
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That would be entirely up to Eidos. Personally I doubt they would care (and suing their own fans is likely to do more harm than good), but they possibly have a right to demand that the individual FM is withdrawn if it uses Thief material or characters.
Grrrrrr, hater!!!!!!! *shakes fist*
Schwaa2 on 22/7/2007 at 17:53
I also can't see the point in arguing against the mod. Whether or not I've worked on it. Why would someone who likes to play thief have any problem with anyone making thief like mods?
seriously malau, do you just not want to see it accomplished? Do you ONLY want to play T2 fm's? are you bitter? what's the deal?
If Darkmod did get sued it wouldn't hurt you in the least so why even bother being negative about it? Will you read this or did you just run away. Throw a punch and run, that's fairly cowardly.
I also can't see Eidos goin after an author if they did use Garrett or the Hammers. Is Eidos even gonna waste legal money sueing one broke thief fan? for what purpose. It would probably cost them more time and money than they'd see out of it anyway. Did they sue Purah for using Lara Croft stuff in Calendra's Legacy, one of the largest and most popluar T2 fm's?
Renzatic on 22/7/2007 at 18:03
I think you all know by now that replying to this guy will lead to nothing good.
MOVE ON! COPYWRITE ISSUE = DEAD HORSE BURIED! PLZ DON'T BEAT!
JewelThief on 22/7/2007 at 18:32
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I think you all know by now that replying to this guy will lead to nothing good.
I think something has to be said because various people have brought this same issue up over and over again in spite of the evidence brought forward from multiple sources that there is no copywright issue and even if it was it's NH problem not ours. I get the sense that there are those out there who want to see the Dark Mod go under either because they want to keep things the same or perhaps they don't like the idea of a potential growth in the community that isn't under their thumb.
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Throw a punch and run, that's fairly cowardly.
Schwaa you're a smart guy but that was a dumb remark-people talk shit on the internet all the time because they don't have to face the person they're insulting which is why I normally spend little time on any forum anymore.
Melan on 23/7/2007 at 07:51
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Just changing the names and not calling the protaganist 'Garrett' doesn't make a difference to Lawyers. It would be like me writing a book about a wizard who's name is Larry Scotter who goes to school at Bogsports and hoping that the publisher's don't care.
Not to beat this dead horse even longer, but (
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22harry+potter%22+%22fan+fiction%22) my Google search for "Harry Potter" "fan fiction" just turned up
1,140,000 hits. That's one million one hundred and fourty thousand, with the first non-commercial result advertising "over 41.000 Harry Potter stories". Many of these writings are
full novels about Harry Potter, Hermione and a host of even more copyrighted characters.
While this in no way has a bearing on the Dark Mod's legality, I have to say your analogy is seriously flawed. It seems that not being genuine commercial products matters (although something similar was done in Russia and became a national bestseller, I think).
As for bringing up this matter on a shareholder meeting... really, do you think they will care once they stop laughing?
mazzortock on 23/7/2007 at 13:42
IMHO this it's not at all a copyright problem...
It's only a FUD & TROLLING problem. Envy can do that, don't worry.
Necrovox on 23/7/2007 at 18:50
All that aside, is there any even idea as to when this mod would be for public viewing? 2008? 09 10? Dark mod keeps me awake at night, I'm way too excited.
Yandros on 23/7/2007 at 19:31
The unofficial estimate for availability of the Kit is end of 2008, I believe. Like many software projects, however, that date may slip, but I for one will not hold that against the team if it happens, and will continue to wait patiently and think them when it's done. God knows most of my missions have missed the target release date I set for myself.
Shadak on 24/7/2007 at 07:12
Woohoo, in just a year it will only be a few months away (hopefully!)
