Why i fixing or updating other author's mods?
A significant number of mods would have already disappeared from the internet forever if I hadn't preserved them. Other mods are abandoned by their authors and no longer updated, and I occasionally update those. I also correct the carelessness and bugs made by the authors in a hurry, and some I can rebuild from scratch in better quality. Maybe some of mods aren't outdated yet or haven't disappeared yet, but nobody can predict whether they will. Some mods couldn't be saved, and the authors no longer have either the mods or the source files.
Can I be accused of theft?
Hell No! Authors published their mods to network accessible for everyone. Moreover, these mods cannot be copyrighted by the mod authors themselves (read about below)
Should I have asked permission before editing other author's mods?
From an ethical point of view - YES, from a legal one - NO, because all the Brawlhalla mods are belong to Ubisoft.
In Brawlhalla's About you can find this link https://legal.ubi.com/termsofuse/en-US
6. USER GENERATED CONTENT ("UGC")
In Brawlhalla's About you can find this link https://legal.ubi.com/termsofuse/en-US
6. USER GENERATED CONTENT ("UGC")
... you agree to transfer irrevocably to UBISOFT, free of charge, all rights of use you may have over the User Modified Materials created by you including but not limited to rights over trademark, patent, commercial secrets, copyright, neighbors rights and rights of publicity therein, allowing UBISOFT to benefit freely from the following rights ...Also, I see no reason to ask permission from modders about "their" mod's textures, which was taken without permission from other games, movies, cartoons or from other art, protected by other Intellectual Property. Now there are about 95% of such mods. These people accuse me of theft, but in reality they are only thinking about their popularity, which they believe they're losing because of me. They don't think at all about the players who could get their mod, even if it's slightly modified.
About Author's sign, signature or watermark
- If author did make art for textures byself and signs looks like fulfill part of environment - then i will not delete author's sign
- If author did make mods of textures of Brawlhalla/other game, cartoon, etc - then i will delete author's sign
My goal
I don't hide or claim other people's work as my own. With all due respect to an authors, all their original links were added before making a fork of the mod. I always make a fork while preserving the original because mods come and go. I do not aim to hide my updates or recreations of other authors's mods, they are available to everyone who wants to download them.
Since I am a QA, I try to look at the mod from the users' side (as much as I can objectively do this) and if I understand that background is not suitable somewhere, then I select a more suitable one. Yes, of course, someone may not like my choice, but I do not force anyone to download the mod forks, especially since the link to the original authors mods is always in the in credits
If you watched the movie Captain America: Civil War - then I'm in this confrontation Captain America. I can’t stand by and wait for permission, I’m acting
Also, it turns out that I'm giving free promotion to an authors and increasing traffic to their homepages, as visitor from my site may become curious to look at their other work
Since I am a QA, I try to look at the mod from the users' side (as much as I can objectively do this) and if I understand that background is not suitable somewhere, then I select a more suitable one. Yes, of course, someone may not like my choice, but I do not force anyone to download the mod forks, especially since the link to the original authors mods is always in the in credits
If you watched the movie Captain America: Civil War - then I'm in this confrontation Captain America. I can’t stand by and wait for permission, I’m acting
Also, it turns out that I'm giving free promotion to an authors and increasing traffic to their homepages, as visitor from my site may become curious to look at their other work
To authors who wants to update their mods here
If you are the author of mod and agree with my comments/remarks and you are ready to continue to support your mod on my terms, then I will add you as an author and you can update your mod in this website (your Name will be on the post). Consider me an intermediary between mod authors and players. An intermediary who is trying to provide better content
If you do not agree with my conditions, then I will work on improving your mods myself and my changes will remain the way I made them, indicating you as the author in credits
If you do not agree with my conditions, then I will work on improving your mods myself and my changes will remain the way I made them, indicating you as the author in credits
To authors who wants to delete their work from here
If you register the rights to your textures under a different trademark or registered name, then I will remove your UGS from the website, but only after proof that you are the author and creator of these textures without using ready-made textures from other games / films / comics and others intellectual property
As long as you present these textures as a mod for the game Brawlhalla - all rights belong to Ubisoft and you cannot demand any action with respect to the mods specified in this website
As long as you present these textures as a mod for the game Brawlhalla - all rights belong to Ubisoft and you cannot demand any action with respect to the mods specified in this website