I think the worst part is the dev is afraid of taking any action against them because they can just release a video smearing him and it’ll be the end of his reputation.
I think the worst part is the dev is afraid of taking any action against them because they can just release a video smearing him and it’ll be the end of his reputation.
I call this the Sonichu principle: Your intellectual property is sacrosanct and must be defended, their intellectual property is freely available for you to make use of.
Of course, I’m against “intellectual property” as a concept.
as someone who used to do art for games, and write a lot of fiction, i disagree. intellectual property is good in the way that whatever you make, is yours to dictate how it’s applied.
what i mean is, if i write a book, no one should be allowed to copy the text and sell my book as theirs without my explicit permission and credit. if i make a game, no one should be allowed to go and put my art in their own game without my explicit permission and credit.
if you pirate my books, or pirate my games, that’s entirely different. assuming the content is provided to the people without modifications, for free, with the sole purpose of being shared and enjoyed by the community. basically, it is perfectly moral to pirate content. because pirating is entirely different from infringing on someone’s intellectual property.