Depending on what the subject of the comm is, that is correct. This is not "my logic" this is international copyright law - ThreadSky

kastor.sh • 9 days ago

Depending on what the subject of the comm is, that is correct.

This is not "my logic" this is international copyright law

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kastor.sh•9 days ago

aetherias.bsky.social•9 days ago

Either way, the point of your post was to say it was hypocritical of modders to be mad about piracy, but I disagree. I don't know copyright laws, but they also do differ in each country and there's also "fair use" in a transformative sense too. But legality is another discussion completely.

kastor.sh•9 days ago

That's a fair take too. FWIW I don't think it's "right" to pirate from creators, but my PoV comes from someone who has spent time working on and building "gray area" works in that it's just something you should expect as a matter of course when you are working in such a level.

kastor.sh•9 days ago

i.e. if you drive 3mph over the speed limit and get a speeding ticket, its stupid and it sucks but you also know to expect it and getting upset about it makes you look silly

aetherias.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes but I think there's a difference between government enforcement and citizens taking advantage of other citizens (ie stealing from small businesses). I'm not sure how to properly articulate it, though.

kastor.sh•9 days ago

No you are absolutely right.

Personally I don't believe companies should be allowed to hold copyrights or patents in the first place - they should be held by individuals only.

But that's a whole conversation.

aetherias.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ff modders are still creating a product and those creating completely new 3d assets and the skeletons they work on are not copyright-able either.

kastor.sh•9 days ago

That's not *technically* true, i.e. if you make a miqote model from scratched based on an ffxiv miqote, SE still owns the rights to that.

But it's a stupid premise because if you call it a "catboy" or "catgirl" and don't say it's based on a miqote then you probably get away with it anyways.

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