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Re: Okay, we’ve gotta talk. (False Copyright)
I know so many who is not going to touch eso now, if its not fixed within reasonable time ill unsub and play something else.
Re: PSA for console: Important libraries removed due to false copyright claims
Thank you Dolgubon for providing the workaround details!
What happend there on console is, I GUESS, that some i.... reported famous libraries as intelectual property (without the proof he/she is the owner, which he/she is not! votan and harven [provided rights to votan] are known owners of LibHarvensAddonSettings e.g. and always were).
And Bethesda just did not check anything and deleted them or whatever there happened. At least I cannot see that they contacted votan and asked? This is just a really bad way of handling things there, if this is what happened...
-No way to contact authors by our own
-No way to proof we are the real owners of material as reporting it only allows like 250 characters...
-And even if you report something it seems it is not properly checked, just removed :-(
This opens a new system of causing problems to all console palyers, making all addons on console break, and clearly needs a fix and proper tools and checks by Bethesda please :-(
What happend there on console is, I GUESS, that some i.... reported famous libraries as intelectual property (without the proof he/she is the owner, which he/she is not! votan and harven [provided rights to votan] are known owners of LibHarvensAddonSettings e.g. and always were).
And Bethesda just did not check anything and deleted them or whatever there happened. At least I cannot see that they contacted votan and asked? This is just a really bad way of handling things there, if this is what happened...
-No way to contact authors by our own
-No way to proof we are the real owners of material as reporting it only allows like 250 characters...
-And even if you report something it seems it is not properly checked, just removed :-(
This opens a new system of causing problems to all console palyers, making all addons on console break, and clearly needs a fix and proper tools and checks by Bethesda please :-(
Baertram
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Re: Why the Millennial Writing?
Also off topic: I'm from 83 (xennial generational void) so I still grew up "analog" and never really connected with the younger online-focused millenial subculture.Apollosipod wrote: »Off topic, but as a millennial I really appreciate you associating youthful with millennial. I feel young again. Anyway, time to stretch my back
84 here. The xennial thing is pretty new knowledge to me. I was an adult before I had a phone or in house internet. I've been curious why I never took to these things. I'll never have the instinct to check my email or something. I don't mind it. The world was a better place before the dark times. Before the empire. Oh shoot. Wrong genre.
Re: Okay, we’ve gotta talk. (False Copyright)
frogthroat wrote: »Unfortunately, those who make false copyright strikes usually (well... always) go unpunished. And their abuse clogs the system for legitimate copyright strikes.
Depends on what you consider punishment. It’s a bit harder to prove Bad Faith outside of Civil Court, but if Zenimax wanted to bury this bad actor in fines, they absolutely have the power to do so.
I hope they do.
Re: PvP etiquette in Open World (watching or helping)
If you see me 1v1 with a player from your alliance, let us 1v1. But do stay and watch, because after I am done with that player, I am coming after you. Much easier to kill you guys when you are just by yourself.
Especially in IC. Just stay nicely a little bit away, watching. Don't interfere. Remember to always have as many telvars on you as possible. Check the crown store while you are waiting for me to finish your fellow alliance player. That's the nice thing to do.
Especially in IC. Just stay nicely a little bit away, watching. Don't interfere. Remember to always have as many telvars on you as possible. Check the crown store while you are waiting for me to finish your fellow alliance player. That's the nice thing to do.
Re: Okay, we’ve gotta talk. (False Copyright)
How would you expect a platform to handle this?The way ZoS handles these situations,
Leave the striked addons and risk being sued themselves?
This is why the abuse of the system works, the platform cannot take the risk of leaving the copyright striked material online while the dispute is on-going. If they would, they would also be liable. It's not ZOS' fault, it's the copyright law.
If those addons do not contain any "stolen" code, they will be re-published after a while.
Unfortunately, those who make false copyright strikes usually (well... always) go unpunished. And their abuse clogs the system for legitimate copyright strikes.
Re: Okay, we’ve gotta talk. (False Copyright)
I honestly don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this point. The way ZoS handles these situations, and the fallout for the community, is just incredibly.
It’s a tragedy that years of community work can vanish instantly because of copyright "red tape". When an author reclaims their rights and ZOS stays silent, the players are the ones who lose. Oh boy....
It’s a tragedy that years of community work can vanish instantly because of copyright "red tape". When an author reclaims their rights and ZOS stays silent, the players are the ones who lose. Oh boy....
Last'One
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Re: Templar Class Identity Rework
Been a Templar since beta, and I've been thinking a lot about class reworks since Subclassing was announced, and it was pretty clear to me that class lines couldn't be role-focused anymore. Theres a ton I like here, particularly the parts on the Judgment as a theme. I'd rather not have abilities reference any deity, because it's needlessly restrictive on characters. My character is primarily dedicated to Akatosh, not really Stendarr, and certainly not a cruel Daedra like Meridia. Templars devoted to Meridia, Almalexia, or even Magnus or the Magna-ge all fit the visual thematics, as well as regular mages focused on the perfectly valid Restoration school of magic.
With those in mind, I've long wanted the "Aedric" taken out of Aedric Spear. And, despite being a spear lizard since 2002, I think it would be nice to expand the shiny weapon arsenal of the line. "Restoring Light" also will need a rename and redesign, because the line will have to work for dps builds too. I was thinking some silly alliteration like "Sacred Sigils," but this makes me think theming and naming them around concepts like "Judgement" (you can judge people positively too) and "Purification" ("purifying evil" usually just means violence) seem a lot cooler to me.
With those in mind, I've long wanted the "Aedric" taken out of Aedric Spear. And, despite being a spear lizard since 2002, I think it would be nice to expand the shiny weapon arsenal of the line. "Restoring Light" also will need a rename and redesign, because the line will have to work for dps builds too. I was thinking some silly alliteration like "Sacred Sigils," but this makes me think theming and naming them around concepts like "Judgement" (you can judge people positively too) and "Purification" ("purifying evil" usually just means violence) seem a lot cooler to me.
Re: Okay, we’ve gotta talk. (False Copyright)
frogthroat wrote: »The code you write is your copyright.
If someone copies your code and uses it in their program/application/addon, you can copyright strike them.
Since the law is pretty strict when it comes to copyright law, when a copyright claim is made, the platform will limit access to the material until the dispute is resolved. If they wouldn't and it turns out to be a legitimate copyright claim, the platform could be held liable for distributing copyrighted material without permission.
This opens a door to abuse, because platforms don't want to take the risk. Youtube has a huge issue with this where people copyright strike videos they don't like. Most ad revenue is made within the first couple of days of publishing a video, so if you copyright strike that video and then don't answer, delaying the resolution as long as you can, the video will be re-published after a few days but now it's already "old" and do not receive as much attention and thus not as much ad revenue.
It seems like a bit of a stretch to run a copyright claim on code for a free addon in a paid game that's owned wholly by a game studio that the addon devs aren't a part of. I doubt a strike like that could possibly hold up in a court.
Then again, I'm no lawyer and I agree that it opens a major door to abuse.
