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The Afflicted
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PostPosted: 12-30-2015 08:59 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Did you see that?
Pat Howards, Phantazm11´s and AndehX maps got converted by a guy...



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PostPosted: 12-30-2015 10:24 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I also see a few other maps on there from authors such as wviperw, Nunuk, and Evilair that were converted by random people.
I'm not entirely sure if this is legal, considering that permissions were probably not sought out, or the fact that anyone is free to convert standard Q3 maps to Quake Live without consent from the original author.

Heck, I believe there was a discussion on there where one person converted a map that they didn't create and claimed it as their own work, denying the fact that it was not their own original creation. Loophole in standard copyright procedures?



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Insane Quaker
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PostPosted: 12-30-2015 02:50 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Without the permission of the original authors it's not legal.

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Etile
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PostPosted: 12-30-2015 06:18 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


that's a shame... Nunuk's maps were outstanding... don't think i'd want to play a shameless ripoff though...




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Insane Quaker
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PostPosted: 12-30-2015 07:51 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


thanks for the heads up.




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The Afflicted
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PostPosted: 01-19-2016 03:32 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Who's this ^1Tur^7key joker?
He ripped my stuff too....




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The Afflicted
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PostPosted: 01-19-2016 06:02 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Try to contact him over Steam!
I think he did some of Phant´s and others stuff too -and that Stuff like this will happen many times again...
Some Guys are really reckless and or ignorant, its a shame :(



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Insane Quaker
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PostPosted: 01-19-2016 08:55 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i just left a comment on my maps asking the uploader to please take it down and he eventually complied. give it a try.




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Insane Quaker
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PostPosted: 01-19-2016 02:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I just taught someone how to do this properly, I never considered the issue of credit. Good thing I never did any myself ;d




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PostPosted: 01-20-2016 04:15 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


A similar thing happened with maps of me and a friend, after the release of TA. We both were working on TA versions of existing CTF maps of ours when suddenly someone had somehow converted our maps to include TA entities and released then without giving credit. It's a shitty situation to be in.




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PostPosted: 01-20-2016 04:36 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


KittenIgnition wrote:
I just taught someone how to do this properly, I never considered the issue of credit. Good thing I never did any myself ;d


:rolleyes:



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Insane Quaker
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PostPosted: 01-20-2016 05:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


What are you trying to say? :cool:




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