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Linton · 10-30-07, 01:18 PM

I think SCS would be laughed out of court for suing someone who was trying to improve their flawed product for his own personal use and no commercial gain.How would they even be able to find the person doing it if all the modding was done on your own pc?
I believe that a similar logic was discussed over SHIV and its imperfect early state,but at least the manufacturer didn't take our money and walk away laughing which is what SCS are doing with DW.It is obviously easier to pull the wool over government agencies eyes than a lot of hardcore gamers which is why they have abandoned us.
I think SCS have never gotten over the embarrassment of how good SCX is and dislike it because they didn't invent it and will therefore not allow anything similar..I also remember expansion packs being discussed by SCS for DW when it was launched but they have never appeared.Again they promised more than they delivered and I am sure it was done to improve sales.Did they ever have any intention of providing these and if they did why not release them as a patch to the people that bought the game?
I certainly do not remember agreeing to a no mod clause when I bought Dw and if I had known that a DWX would never have been allowed I probably wouldn't have bought it.I just hope Ubisoft launch a modern subsim and then we can all put two fingers up to SCS.
The issue is whether someone can mod on their own pc something for their own use.Copyright allows something to be reproduced as long as it is substantially different from the original.A drivable Astute does not appear in the game so I think SCS would have no case against someone doing this.Roll on a few more interesting drivables
Mol.n,I see you are a law student,how do you fancy a class action suit as your first case?

10-30-07, 01:18 PM	#15
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think SCS would be laughed out of court for suing someone who was trying to improve their flawed product for his own personal use and no commercial gain.How would they even be able to find the person doing it if all the modding was done on your own pc? I believe that a similar logic was discussed over SHIV and its imperfect early state,but at least the manufacturer didn't take our money and walk away laughing which is what SCS are doing with DW.It is obviously easier to pull the wool over government agencies eyes than a lot of hardcore gamers which is why they have abandoned us. I think SCS have never gotten over the embarrassment of how good SCX is and dislike it because they didn't invent it and will therefore not allow anything similar..I also remember expansion packs being discussed by SCS for DW when it was launched but they have never appeared.Again they promised more than they delivered and I am sure it was done to improve sales.Did they ever have any intention of providing these and if they did why not release them as a patch to the people that bought the game? I certainly do not remember agreeing to a no mod clause when I bought Dw and if I had known that a DWX would never have been allowed I probably wouldn't have bought it.I just hope Ubisoft launch a modern subsim and then we can all put two fingers up to SCS. The issue is whether someone can mod on their own pc something for their own use.Copyright allows something to be reproduced as long as it is substantially different from the original.A drivable Astute does not appear in the game so I think SCS would have no case against someone doing this.Roll on a few more interesting drivables Mol.n,I see you are a law student,how do you fancy a class action suit as your first case? __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Linton; 10-30-07 at 01:32 PM.