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i think we all share the same sentiments about this but i am sure your lawyer friends did not have all the facts or they would not have told you we can claim ownership of something that is already copywrited and owned by Ubisoft.
as well as who came up with the mod first is a very grey area to argue.
the files in the mods we use come from ubisoft so how can we sue claiming they are ours if Ubisoft already owns them?
i'm only saying the legal part of your comments don't sound correct in that regard.
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It's an area of legal "niceties" perhaps best illustrated by example. Let's take the Beatles song "Hard Days Night" - copyright Lennon & McCartney/ Northern Songs etc. If someone were to write a comedy pastiche, using some of the original words and the original tune / arrangement etc. ( with permission, of course) then the writer of the pastiche would hold modified copyright on the parts of the song which he/she had changed, while Lennon & McCartney would retain their copyright on the parts which remained unchanged. I once worked with a band who specialised in pastiches of current Pop hits. To perform / record their pastiches, they had to get permission from the original composer(s) / lyricist(s), but once that ws granted, the band owned copyright of the pastiche, or at least the part (usually the lyrics ) they had changed, while the composers of the original retained their copyright. So if someone else performed / recorded the band's pastiche without permission, they had full legal rights to seek redress - even though they did not own the original, only the permitted pastiche.
Essentially, one has ownership of things which one has created, but if that creation is based on someone else's work, one must seek permission to change the original and not proceed until that permission i granted. Once it
is granted ownership of the parts changed lies with the person who created the changes, while the original creator owns the original version.
As I've said, these are legal niceties and interesting talking points, but let's keep this thread on-stream and heading towards resolving the key issue of guidelines for modders.