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Onkel Neal · 01-21-21, 12:37 PM

This is under review.

All the factors are being considered:

This game is 15+ years old
It is still commercially available for sale
The sale price a mere $2.49
Many of the users of the mods have bought the game at least once, many multiple times through DVD and Steam
The game is very commonly distributed illegally from many sources
The mod does not seek to supply a user with a copy of the game per se, instead it tries to provide a modded version of the game (admittedly, the same thing)
The mod makes an attempt (a feeble attempt) to verify the existence of the SH3 executable before installing.
The mod does not have a way to verify the legitimacy of any SH3 exe it finds.

I have contacted Ubisoft and their response indicates they are not interested or concerned about this situation.

For now, status quo remains.

01-21-21, 12:37 PM	#83
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	This is under review. All the factors are being considered: This game is 15+ years old It is still commercially available for sale The sale price a mere $2.49 Many of the users of the mods have bought the game at least once, many multiple times through DVD and Steam The game is very commonly distributed illegally from many sources The mod does not seek to supply a user with a copy of the game per se, instead it tries to provide a modded version of the game (admittedly, the same thing) The mod makes an attempt (a feeble attempt) to verify the existence of the SH3 executable before installing. The mod does not have a way to verify the legitimacy of any SH3 exe it finds. I have contacted Ubisoft and their response indicates they are not interested or concerned about this situation. For now, status quo remains.