Copied content in steam workshop.
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But what if she really does weigh as much as a duck?
Please don't misunderstand, i only used Silvarret as an example. This is for everyone. Imagine an up and coming designer that's brilliant but can't seem to really get his name out there because there are a dozen different copies of his work.
As to letting it go. Let "let it go" go. It's about credit and respect given to good artists, something everyone should be on board with.
I agree with you, the worst is when it happens to you personally, I posted a creation that was successful and a person just copied / pasted it has kept the structure as well as the theme while Modifying some of the content. But instead of downvote the people upvote so the guy is getting subscribers with my creation (a pale copy) and my idea ...
isnt that the point of sharing? for others to use it
Creaper I do not see what it is for you to come to contradict me while you know that I'm right, this is not a desire to debate but Simply from the bad faith towards my person intentionally and this, since the beginning of my messages on this forum.
Are you paid to rot?
I would like to be able to discuss with you in a normal way without bad faith thanks
The rules on Steam are clear prohibition to copy content or make a copy for then publish it. This is normal, we create something we share it to render service in the game and not to make a copy / pasted and then publish it.
It is the same everywhere the one who creates holds the rights and nobody has the right to copy and even less to market it or to publish it without a prior agreement.
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It has already been stated that you should report creations that are plagiarising your own. If you indeed have had your ideas stolen it will be obvious who stole from who by the creation date of the item. Simple.
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if the content was modified then its not a copy. There are legitimate reasons for uploading something someone already made and altering the content is one of them.
I often always alter blueprints because people use more objects than they need to for them so I remove the unnecessary items. If you save them locally then your hard drive eats it then you lose those modifications, if you upload them to steam then all you have to do is download it again and you lost nothing.
I often always alter blueprints because people use more objects than they need to for them so I remove the unnecessary items. If you save them locally then your hard drive eats it then you lose those modifications, if you upload them to steam then all you have to do is download it again and you lost nothing.
TBQH I find these discussions complaining about the Steam Workshop to be a half-step above simple whining. Sure there will be abuses, people will abuse any and everything, but that is not the fault of the Workshop but of human nature and a faulty moral compass.
From all that I have seen, the Workshop functions effectively and does its job of presenting the full catalog of user-submitted content, though it would also be impossible to police such a vast catalog for copies. It has to rely on users reporting faulty content, which indeed it does do. It cannot preclude anyone from posting copied content -- nor should it, as this would entail content restrictions that would ruin the service for all of us.
For those of us not harboring the secret ambition to be a PC celebrity creator with a vast YouTube following, the Workshop offers a dazzling array of creative content, as well as a numbing ocean of mediocrity. Most people go there to explore, be inspired by, and occasionally download the former, and don't have the time or inclination to wade through the latter to seek out hidden gems, because they will be few and far between.
That's life, folks. That's how people use the service, and for the vast majority of users, that's just fine for them. For the unsung geniuses out there, I can only recommend to keep on trying; whining is not the answer.
From all that I have seen, the Workshop functions effectively and does its job of presenting the full catalog of user-submitted content, though it would also be impossible to police such a vast catalog for copies. It has to rely on users reporting faulty content, which indeed it does do. It cannot preclude anyone from posting copied content -- nor should it, as this would entail content restrictions that would ruin the service for all of us.
For those of us not harboring the secret ambition to be a PC celebrity creator with a vast YouTube following, the Workshop offers a dazzling array of creative content, as well as a numbing ocean of mediocrity. Most people go there to explore, be inspired by, and occasionally download the former, and don't have the time or inclination to wade through the latter to seek out hidden gems, because they will be few and far between.
That's life, folks. That's how people use the service, and for the vast majority of users, that's just fine for them. For the unsung geniuses out there, I can only recommend to keep on trying; whining is not the answer.
Plagiarism is forbidden on steam, it means trying to copy, to inspire himself strongly or to capture the work.
Here the person took the building I created in which I had built things, he just modify the interior, and the entrance he kept my main theme. One can even check the copy because it forgot to remove the hidden lights in the structure of the building.
He then took out the copy of my work 5 days after mine, trying to hide my own work and gaining recognition with my work.
This is called cowardice
I put a comment on his workshop plan to tell him, he then deleted it, you see the moral level of the person ..
I have filed a complaint
Here the person took the building I created in which I had built things, he just modify the interior, and the entrance he kept my main theme. One can even check the copy because it forgot to remove the hidden lights in the structure of the building.
He then took out the copy of my work 5 days after mine, trying to hide my own work and gaining recognition with my work.
This is called cowardice
I put a comment on his workshop plan to tell him, he then deleted it, you see the moral level of the person ..
I have filed a complaint
That's protecting company's/individuals from having their copyrighted materials (textures, characters, sounds, music, etc) from being used. Example: You take a texture from Skyrim and use it in a creation for another game. Here is another example, http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Valve-steam-DotA-2-Mace-Copyright,16827.html
Your Planet Coaster creations are not copyrighted because you do not own the rights to Planet Coaster's assets.
That's because both Frontier and Steam want to encourage creativity. If two people come up with similar ideas, one should not be hindered by the fact that someone uploaded something similar moments previous. Or if someone has been working on something for weeks, someone else knocks out the same or similar in a few days and uploads it before the original creator can? It wouldn't be fair to restrict anyone's ideas, all you can do is use the report function.. There are always going to be people that steal ideas, it is in the nature of the beast, but just like real life, things aren't always fair. Click report, suck it up, and move on. There's nothing else you can do.
AbsoluT, don't think I disagree with you.
I think that when you build something magnificent you should get the credits for it. However, in the current era some people are not honest and "steal" others projects. Reposting them without alterations is of course "not done" but also something you can almost do nothing about then to report it.
And indeed, copyright infringement is based on the content of the game and not the blueprints itself and therefore lies with Frontier.
But sure, I agree that it sucks to see your work being copied by others.
And sometimes buildings just look the same in the workshop because the same pieces are used over and over again, so it is still possible (although the chances are small) that a look a like might pop up without it ever being copied.
I think that when you build something magnificent you should get the credits for it. However, in the current era some people are not honest and "steal" others projects. Reposting them without alterations is of course "not done" but also something you can almost do nothing about then to report it.
And indeed, copyright infringement is based on the content of the game and not the blueprints itself and therefore lies with Frontier.
But sure, I agree that it sucks to see your work being copied by others.
And sometimes buildings just look the same in the workshop because the same pieces are used over and over again, so it is still possible (although the chances are small) that a look a like might pop up without it ever being copied.
You might want to brush up on your copyright law. Modders' creations belong to them in all cases, even if the tools belong to Frontier. The EULA on the workshop effectively licenses FD and Valve to use your content in advertising etc via creative commons, but it's still your creation and belongs to you. If you were a Frontier employee then yes, anything you create in their offices, on their time, and with their resources belings to them.
Also AbsoluT, you're misunderstanding that notice you posted. It means if a copyright holder sees their property recreated eg if Nintendo saw Mario being recreated in the workshop, then they wpuld have the right to ask for it to be taken down.
But it's not about modders here.....
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Copyright
A bundle of intangible rights granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby, for a limited period, the exclusive privilege is given to that person (or to any party to whom he or she transfers ownership) to make copies of the same for publication and sale.
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And we are not making money out of it.
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Copyright
A bundle of intangible rights granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby, for a limited period, the exclusive privilege is given to that person (or to any party to whom he or she transfers ownership) to make copies of the same for publication and sale.
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And we are not making money out of it.
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You can give me the dictionary definition of Copyright all day long and I will continue to not care, but content created by modders (or artists and content creators) is licensed under creative commons and belongs to the creator. You can't make money off it since the assets belong to Frontier, but the actual created piece is the owned creation of its creator. What you're arguing is like saying an artist doesn't have the right to his own sketches because he used a Staedler pencil instead of drawing it in his own blood.
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