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CWorth · 09-08-06, 07:32 PM

Wulfmanns argument makes sense and is correct to a point.

But you also need to look at Ubi themselves..they have actually stated that they appreciate the work the modders have done to there game..so that argument of legally modding is pointless and moot as Ubi has no issues with the game being modded.

The big argument is the fact that anything made that does not use Ubi's original game files is in fact owned by the maker.So any model that is made from scratch and not kitbashed using Ubis files is owned by that model maker NOT Ubi or anyone else...Ubi does not own the file types that make up the game(ie.. .TGA,.CFG etc. etc..)They own the wording and content inside the original files the game shipped with.But a person making a from scratch model in say 3D Studio Maxl and converting it to the filetype the game uses does not make the model owned by Ubi as Ubi does not own the filetype extension or the content inside that file.For example the .TGA file type is owned by TrueVision Inc. who invented the .TGA type in the 1980's.

So yes anything you mod using Ubis original game files can be claimed to be owned by Ubi.No arguing that.
But if the mod is 100% your own work and does not use any of the original files the game uses it is protected under the Intelectuall Copyright Laws then Ubi does not own it and no one can use it legally.Just because it is converted to a filetype the game reads the content in that file is still your Intellectual Property and is protected.Only because Ubi does not own the filetype.

09-08-06, 07:32 PM	#5
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Wulfmanns argument makes sense and is correct to a point. But you also need to look at Ubi themselves..they have actually stated that they appreciate the work the modders have done to there game..so that argument of legally modding is pointless and moot as Ubi has no issues with the game being modded. The big argument is the fact that anything made that does not use Ubi's original game files is in fact owned by the maker.So any model that is made from scratch and not kitbashed using Ubis files is owned by that model maker NOT Ubi or anyone else...Ubi does not own the file types that make up the game(ie.. .TGA,.CFG etc. etc..)They own the wording and content inside the original files the game shipped with.But a person making a from scratch model in say 3D Studio Maxl and converting it to the filetype the game uses does not make the model owned by Ubi as Ubi does not own the filetype extension or the content inside that file.For example the .TGA file type is owned by TrueVision Inc. who invented the .TGA type in the 1980's. So yes anything you mod using Ubis original game files can be claimed to be owned by Ubi.No arguing that. But if the mod is 100% your own work and does not use any of the original files the game uses it is protected under the Intelectuall Copyright Laws then Ubi does not own it and no one can use it legally.Just because it is converted to a filetype the game reads the content in that file is still your Intellectual Property and is protected.Only because Ubi does not own the filetype.