How does this KEEP GETTING WORSE??

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re conflating two different things.

    There’s modders who whine about working for free. And yes, modding is a choice.

    Where in this incident is stolen work.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s not work . I’m currently modding a game, it’s a hobby. And I’d be entitled as hell to think I should be paid for it.

      This “pay the modders” thing will just lead to more micro transactions. You want to download that created wrestler in the new game? It was made by so and so, you now owe. $9.99. fuck that

      • ringwraithfish@startrek.website
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        8 months ago

        If you make something and give it away for free, that’s fine.

        If you make something and I sell it to the masses for a profit without your permission that’s theft.

      • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        It’s not about pay the modders so much as if the developer of the game took your mod, put it in the game proper, claimed it was their work, and charged people for it.

      • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Can you link your mod files so I can sell them without your knowledge or consent please? Seeing as you have no problem with it…

        • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Nobody hired you to mod someone else’s art. It’s a hobby. I can’t put brush to someone else’s painting and demand payment