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You've stated in an earlier post: "Sure the creators of the mod do not gain the copyright for the mod."
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I have since realized that my statement is incorrect. They do gain copyright regarding certain parts of these mods. Sprites, content that was invented to create the stats and abilities. Stories written, and not copied verbatim from other sources.
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Humorously, the rest of your post argues that Sombre should be sued for creating a Derivative Work without permission of the original copyright holder.
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"Could" is not the same as "should". You are putting words in my 'mouth'.
And yes he could be sued. But I think trademarks are more a problem here. In the case of a lawsuit he would probably be asked to stop. Not that there where any damages done. But it wouldn't be a move GW has not performed before.
And now you are trying to make me change my point just to defend Sombre. Which I won't sure, the works are Derivative Works without permission of the original copyright holder. But that still doesn't change my original point. No Public Domain.
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That is a danger of taking an uninformed stance for pointlessly erudite banter.
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Classy.
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It is a Fair Use work in the public domain.
Claiming anything else serves as a detriment to a potential author's creativity, since it will call forth the threat of infringement contentions.
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What? So to prevent mod creators from potential lawsuits we should ignore the law and create our own reasoning to protect something that you probably cannot protect in court?
And it will not call forth the threat. Because it is already there. (Not that this will cause big problems, as there is no potential lost revenue in this case of derivative work).
Two wrongs do not make a right.