KylieDog said:
Doesn't that go against the free creativity the game promotes?
If someone makes a map and you don't like a certain thing about it, you can just make those small changes to suit what you like better? So if you re-create a copyrighted map and have small tiny changes, they should not be allowed to stop you.
They have no right to remove something YOU created either, you payed for the game same as anyone else, unless the map breaks some legal thing it should be left in place, unless they admit it isn't free with creation.
Besides, I'm sure a bunch of created maps will all resemble eachother often anyway. |
No, that's why the copyright is there. If I'm writing a paper and find something in an article I like, is it not plagiarizing if I take nearly the entire quote, change a few words, and then insert it into my paper with out any quotations and citations? The answer is yes, that's plagiarizing.
Also, they have a right to remove things you create if it contains content that would be subject for removal (like a porn level for example). People pay for Xbox Live and they can still get banned, can't they?
Lastly, resembling is different than taking an already created map, changing something on it, and then calling the whole thing your own. Again, this whole thing brings up my concern of knowing who originally made a level or objects in the first place. It's awesome that you can take levels from the developers or other users and add to them, but will their contributions become lost the second you tweak it and resubmit it?
