• echo64@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    In addition, mods always end up in a situation where someone’s work was stolen, which no one cares about when it’s free. Everyone’s just using everyone else’s stuff because it’s all working to make a better ecosystem

    That all changes when people get paid, justifiably

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      11 months ago

      In addition, mods always end up in a situation where someone’s work was stolen, which no one cares about when it’s free. Everyone’s just using everyone else’s stuff because it’s all working to make a better ecosystem

      Taken from https://creations.bethesda.net/en/creators/bethesdagamestudios

      Creations can range anywhere from simple cosmetics or gameplay tweaks to entire new quests and encounters - it's up to what you can conjure! Our internal document available to Verified Creators has some specifics, but in general:
      
      Creations must be standalone, so it cannot depend on other community releases, free or paid.
      
      Creations must be all-new to qualify for release. You cannot re-purpose older releases – or work by other authors, unless contracted.
      
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, that’s sure stopped content mods being ripped off and reuploaded to paid platforms.

        This happens every time someone tries paid mods. Someone rips somebody else’s work and profits from it.

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          11 months ago

          Might not stop it, but having an approval process for developers and clear rules will make it harder.

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            11 months ago

            They’ve had those before and it hasn’t worked. Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

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              11 months ago

              Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

              Which games has this been a problem for?

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                11 months ago

                Skyrim itself for 1

                I’ve seen it with minecraft too, when mod distribution was centralized there was a lot of issues with people reuploading other creators work

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                  11 months ago

                  The only paid mods that Skyrim has are the ones for Creation Club, and I haven’t heard of people getting through the approval process with stolen work.

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                    11 months ago

                    The original setup for it did. I remember seeing SkyUI on the platform as a paid mod when it was and still is free

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            11 months ago

            so, it won’t.

            reference: every single marketplace that lets anyone upload things that in some way drives revenue back, from app stores, to youtube, to music platforms.