Battlefront.com Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that a German based Mod CD is now kaput. We contacted them and expressed some objections about how they were presenting the materials and that we were concerned that they were in violation of various individual's copyrights. Note that we did not threaten or otherwise bully them, as it is not our intention to squash legitimate free enterprise. All we wanted to do was make sure that the artwork was in fact their own, which the two screenshots clearly made us question. However, the publisher sent us a message and said the (unfinished) product was now officially cancelled. Read into that what you will Which we are thankfull for because we would have done whatever it took to get the CD off the market if indeed there were violations of copyrights contained on it. And that could have proved to be a major distraction. Thanks for pointing us to this problem, all is fine now. And Modders... know that we will stand up for your rights. It is the least we can do for you Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Mark one point for the good guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Trust BTS to protect rights I didn't even know that I had! Regardless, thanks BTS for taking care of our little community. Now, GET BACK TO WORK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Just Great! You're a swell bunch of guys. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Good work BTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 You know, a mod CD might not be a bad idea. It might help those people, especially those overseas, who don't have broadband connections. If it were issued by, say, CMHQ, and the mod authors' permission was given. A nominal fee could be charged, to cover duplication. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Dammit Doug, you beat me to the point. While this MOD CD was gone about in a completely wrong manner, one done right could be a very cool thing. And, it must be added, that the thieving germans had some very good ideas. Namely a multilingual installer program, which would not be all that hard to do and would be a big help to the computer challenged. Even better yet, we could make a CMMOS version. Not to mention many other CM utilities, patches, etc. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishu Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 There were alot fuzz when these probably same germans did same with RS mods.. mod makers didn't quite like it that someone makes profit of their work without even asking permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Doug Williams: You know, a mod CD might not be a bad idea. It might help those people, especially those overseas, who don't have broadband connections. If it were issued by, say, CMHQ, and the mod authors' permission was given. A nominal fee could be charged, to cover duplication. Just a thought.<hr></blockquote> I already do something like that for a couple of CM buddies that I work with. I supply a readme file with all the changes from the last CD I made, install instructions, etc. I try to make an update disk about every 3 months. I would NEVER charge for it (good way to loose friends). I could see if someone were to do something similar that they could charge for CD costs and shipping but that is ABSOLUTELY it. I don't think anyone would have a problem with that because there is no profit being made in it for someone else's work (ie the modders). Just my 2 cents... Forgot to add... Glad to see BTS took care of this. It just goes to show they really care about the CM community and fan base. [edited to add praise for BTS ] [ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: sitzkrieg ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmead Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 If you go to the website of the company concerned they have a brief statement to the effect that this product was torpedoed by da man (!) with legal jurisdiction... or something to that effect. I have included the text below for someone whos German was more than one term in high school 24 years ago.... <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Brand new / Brandneu Realismus pur / More realism INtex Graphics Enhancement Pack Dieses Produkt wird nicht erscheinen, da man mit juristischen Winkelzügen versucht, die Veröffentlichung zu torpedieren. Address INtex Publishing GmbH Jakobstr. 9 D-53783 Eitorf Communication Tel.: 02243 / 9127-27 Mo.-Frei. 9-17 Uhr Fax: 02243 / 9127-28 Internet WebSite: E-Mail: www.intex-publishing.de INtex-GmbH@T-Online.de <hr></blockquote> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 ",da man..." should be correctly translated as: ",because someone.." Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 The real reason is that this product will not be released because it infringes on international copyright laws. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing to argue about. (edited for typo) [ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: Moon ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGMB Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Soldiers, Hunh? eh? Whats going on? Something bout some CD? What I miss? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 [q] Dieses Produkt wird nicht erscheinen, da man mit juristischen Winkelzügen versucht, die Veröffentlichung zu torpedieren. [/q] Tranlated, this is approximately: "This product will not appear because people have used legal tricks to scuttle its publication." All in all, a pretty slimy statement, given that the "legal trick" is based on the fact that the company is selling stuff that doesn't belong to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Okay, I think enough has been said on this topic. Let me just add that this is a prime example of how to do everything WRONG in the release of a graphics/mod pack. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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