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lamejohn
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I'll do some more research into this, but I am curious to find out some specifics before I commit hundreds of hours of my life into something and end up getting sued for it.
My curiosity is the trademark/copyright infringement implications when creating a mod based on someone elses concept/ideas/work etc. For example, the upcoming mods based on star wars, the matrix etc.; can those be considered infringement of copyrighted material, even thought the developers are not profiting off of them? I have a sneaking suspicion that Valve would not get behind one of these mods, regardless of its popularity, because of these issues.
I suppose a mod team could set up a limited liability company just incase--that way if you got sued they can only take the assets of the LLC (for a mod team that's pretty much 10 or 15 litres of mountain dew), and they can't sue individual members.
It's all fun and games until you get your taint sued off by a production company with bottomless pockets.
My curiosity is the trademark/copyright infringement implications when creating a mod based on someone elses concept/ideas/work etc. For example, the upcoming mods based on star wars, the matrix etc.; can those be considered infringement of copyrighted material, even thought the developers are not profiting off of them? I have a sneaking suspicion that Valve would not get behind one of these mods, regardless of its popularity, because of these issues.
I suppose a mod team could set up a limited liability company just incase--that way if you got sued they can only take the assets of the LLC (for a mod team that's pretty much 10 or 15 litres of mountain dew), and they can't sue individual members.
It's all fun and games until you get your taint sued off by a production company with bottomless pockets.