i don't really care if ppl are selling mods tbh i just find it hypocritical when they get upset about people pirating them and throw a fit bc their mods are impossible to create or use without piracy in the first place
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There are some mods that are simply ports, but the amount of work that goes into making them function correctly is herculean, hence the charges. Not all mods are good though and are worth paying for, but this doesn't negate the work of others who have refined their craft
This is not entirely true given the sheer amount of newly made 3d models for clothing made by creators like Bizu, Cultist, and Tsar. These are their own assets. Some are a combination of pre-existing 3d models, but many developers (for other games even) reuse some publicly available assets
sure, if you want to use those models outside of FFXIV without the game, in like, blender or something to create animations, with custom skeletons only, then no software issues are involved, then it's just copyright because they're based on ffxiv
regardless of how you do it or what you do with them, it's a legal gray area, this is not a judgement on the amount of work that goes into it, just a note that there is no such thing as an ffxiv mod that is legal to sell without repercussions
All of the above are in a legal gray area, so its really up to the discretion of those who mod or create mods if they want to ignore the risk. Not sure why comms are better than access to you, when they both serve the same purpose except one can be more exclusive to a singular person
Comms are different because you're directly paying for someone's labor - they're not selling you a digital product based on something they don't own the rights to.
That is the exact reason that fanart commissions can exist for companies that prosecute artists selling merch.
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That is the exact reason that fanart commissions can exist for companies that prosecute artists selling merch.