A question to modders and scenario designers

[Wim Libaers]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

I'm not sure if LP actually ended up in court or not. Both sides did secure representation and had some heated exhanges though. I have a hard time believing that LP could have gotten away with what they did unless it was in fact legal. And I'm sure that at least to some extent, people with original IP rights also own the rights to modifications of the original...what I'm not sure of are the nuances of how scenarios and DB/Doctrine mods fit into the legal "boxes." (I'm sure I can find someone here who does if you're interested.)

Do you really think something that you make would be owned by a software company just because it was made with their product? Then Microsoft would be the owner of every Word document ever written

Of course, some games explicitly mention that all mods made for the game will be the property of the game publisher. However, this may not be legally binding. It also depends on where you live, as in some countries some aspects of copyright simply cannot be assigned to others.