Copyright violation Freelancer Lizerium

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    I just wanted to share an issue I got aware of today.

    Another mod which blatantly stole content from CF and several other FL mods.


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    I dislike when people steal assets from my mod.

    There is a general rule in the modding community: ask for permission, and if granted, give proper credit to the original creator. You did not do any of that. You just took the content of my mod (and several other well-established mods) without asking for permission. You even removed the original copyright notices of the files. Fancy copy/paste job without any respect for the original work done.

    Ships, stations, interiors, character models, effects, planet surfaces, hundreds of textures unique to my mod, and much more. You did not even bother to ask if you are allowed to use any of that.


    https://www.moddb.com/mods/freelancer-lizerium


    I filed a copyright complaint against the mod and provided detailed evidence.

    Inside the mod I even found such wonderful code like:

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    1.     [Head]
    2.     nickname = opr8r_head
    3.     mesh = characters\heads\opr8r_headcf.dfm

    Wonderful copy/paste job.

    Such situations just piss me off.

    I wanted to do something constructive this evening, but instead I have to deal with shit like that.

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    http://www.moddb.com/scripts/topsite.php?ts=4766


    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

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    Have you informed the Moddb team about this so that they block the mod or remove it from their website? Since it's a Russian language, I assume the creator is also based in Russia, so violations and a complaint there probably won't do much.

    You're absolutely right it's the "wild west" out there right now, they don't give a crap about copyrights and such. They create their own internal ecosystem, completely separating themselves from the West, but using all the benefits that it offers

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    The mod you are trying to view has been deleted and is no longer available. This may have occurred at the developers request because it is no longer active and was not released, or it may have occurred because it violated the sites Terms of Use. If this is a mistake and you are a member of this mods team and would like it re-activated, please contact us with the details.

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    http://www.moddb.com/scripts/topsite.php?ts=4766


    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Well unrelated to topic i must notice that Lenin was not socialist but comunist we talk obout pure utopia here :D But you r right there is not socialism in Russia anymore it's more like liberal capitalism same like my country :D Also im not competent to talk obut Russia cos im not Russian :D just made an observation obout curent state. Someone try to steal all my accounts gaming and social had to dig deep to find out who try it gues what it was some Russian kid hacker wannabe :D