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Originally Posted by CWorth
Thing is that is really iffy. Legally you do not own the software you are mearly paying a license fee to use it on your own computer but Ubi still owns full rights to that program. Gaming rights and such are a very grey area in terms of laws as they have never been really placed in any position to be tried in a court of law over these kinds of issues. I really have no clue where Ubi would or would not have any say in these kinds of matters.They do legally own all rights and claims on the softwaere you are using but as to whether they can say you need to stop modding a game that has been modded from day 1 of its release I don't think they could do that honestly. Most courts in my experience would look at it like they have been allowing it all these years and now they are saying you can't do it.Simply would not fly by what I know of the law. Not a lawyer myself just going off of what I have seen and read in other law cases.
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That's all true. Plus, there's another factor to consider. For such a legal action (request for injunction, lawsuit, other..) to be worth the legal expense from a business perspective, there must be a real loss to the plaintiff. In the case of mods for old games, it's impossible to quantify the potential loss in new game sales. It would be a serious waste of legal funds to chase modders around because of fear that a great modded old game will be more attractive than a new one.
The same P&L-driven mindset that decided to implement DRM would logically decide pursuing SH3/SH4 modders is purely a waste of money regardless of whether their license gives them merit for an injunction.