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I dunno. I'm no lawyer. I'm just speculating - bad habit I know. The problem is more related to fear than law anyway. If Seewolfe does have a copyright notice - which it undoubtedly will have, who among us knows the law enough to be sure that my doomsday scenario isn't possible. I know I don't, so I'm going to be a bit worried about publishing mods for free that some disreputable company has claimed a copyright on (albeit unfairly). Not that it'll stop me, but it will worry me, and others might decide they don't want the worry, so they won't use a mod they should be free to use, and that small defeat means that the good guys lose out, if only in a small way.
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I dunno either. What I do know is that if I was one of the aggrieved modders, I'd be taking steps right now to
a) put some sort of copyright notice/legal disclaimer in the readme of my mod
b) Be seeking the advice of a lawyer conversant with international/EU copyright law.
AFAIK, Irishred has stuck on a copyright/legal notice in the readme of his latest version of 'Radiolog'. Other modders who claim to have had their stuff stolen by X1 should do the same.
As far as seeking professional legal advice goes. I don't know if anybody has actually done this. Terrapin has said 'Lawsuits are being prepared', but did not elaborate.
If what you're saying turns out to be true, Beery, then the modding community NEEDS TO GET IT"S LEGAL ACT TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY.
Because once this X1 'product' hits the shelves (complete with copyright) it's 'game over' for those talented, ripped-off guys.
And modders happily and willingly sharing their work with us over the internet will become a thing of the past.
Hawkers
