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Originally Posted by CWorth
As far as I know there never has been a legal precedent set when it comes to legal standings for mods made for games.
There is no black and white laws that can be looked up and researched that will say what can and cannot be used or done with mods.
This is all pretty new ground in legal terms for use of software and mods made for said software.The only way I can see this ever being settled is to directly go to a copyright attorney and get his opinion on the matter.Because until actual laws are in place and carved in stone then this kind of debate will always continue and no one will really know what truly is right or wrong in the legal sense.There will always be that fine hazy line.
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That is likely to stay hazy for one reason. The average gamer isn't going to be able to afford nor want to shill out the cash to take a case such as this to any court. This is the fact that corporations rely on when it comes to dealing with these small time modders. Many corporations have in the process of making a game ordered modding groups to halt creating a mod for a game which essentially makes something similar to the game they are creating. MGM was doing this when it was making it's Stargate game, sending letters to mods telling them to cease and desist because they were infringing on their intellectual property rights. I think these cases would have been defeated but no one was going to take it to court. That MGM cancelled the game is just funny side note.