Looks like the Ghostrunner developers also have an issue with paid mods running off their IP.

  • jaselle@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    Your argument is that his work relies on the work of others. But many people’s jobs rely on others, with or without their consent. Someone who works at a travel agency relies on nice destinations existing to send people to. Tour guides don’t need consent from an architect to stop and point outside their building.

    Note that people will still need to buy the game to play the mod.

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      7 hours ago

      They do need permission from the building owner to bring people inside to look at it though. And that usually involves paying them.

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        6 hours ago

        Yes but in this context, the building owner is the person who bought the game.

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          2 hours ago

          It would be like the architect who drew the plans for your home getting a court order to seize your home because you installed extra cabinets that were not on his plans.

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            1 hour ago

            Yeah exactly. It’s crazy that people think it’s OK for game developers to have a say in what mods you can apply to your own legally purchased game.