Nomad Soul: Yeah, I'm not sure what Rick will decide. It concerns me, because if a pack like this is not permitted, even though the models were built, mapped, etc. by me, they contain references to copyright themes, and or, objects that contain such media, it will directly effect other projects of mine that also contain representations of Copyrighted themes, such as my "Star Trek, and Star Wars" fan packs that are in the works.
The rules about distributing copyright material in it's "original unaltered form" is a good, and necessary defense against piracy, and I totally agree with them. But when it comes to this sort of thing, it seems to fall into a gray area that can be viewed in more than one way, depending on one's personal point of view, and varies depending on where you go on the Internet.
Other forums I visit have different guidelines concerning Fan Based media (such as Game Modding sites,etc).
After all, I'm not distributing the pinball machines themselves, merely representations of them. But of coarse whatever the final decision in the matter, I'll abide by them.
For example: When I released my Aliens pack, it contained logos, and copyrighted designs from the films, and there was an overall " I'm not sure" attitude by many users here. And a definitive answer was never given,. It just sort of faded away.
Then when I released my "Big Daddy Dan", which was a blatant Bioshock type character, again there were questions to whether or not it was acceptable. In that case Bond1 made this comment.
Quote: "Looks awesome! And you don't need a mods permission to post this, any more than I need permission to sell a model pack of zombies inspired by L4D.
As long as it's your own work, you could pretty much copy the design down to the last rivet if you wanted to..."
I do wish that this type of thing could somehow be resolved in a more absolute manner, as it has been a topic that has been brought up many times before here, with different opinions from different folks. In other words, if no references to
any copyright material can be posted here in
any form, Altered or not, then it should be absolute.
This of coarse would kill my fan based projects, as well as those who have similar projects in the works, but so be it. At least we could step out of the gray area, and have a definitive "yes or no" on the subject. And would let everyone who wishes to produce such media, know that they must do so elsewhere.
So I am very curious to hear what the final decision will be.
But if it turns out that this, and similar works are in fact a violation of the forum rules, then I will respectfully leave the community, and continue with my work somewhere else, with no hard feelings toward anyone.
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