I've been away from the forums for quite a while, so forgive my ignorance, but what is CRG, and why does it seem the general consensus is that "We'd rather disrespect the Law and/or the Original Author whom we can not contact, rather than do without what they graciously gave us so generously" ?
From my point of view, if you can't use some old asset because it is not up to current standards, and the Original Creator is, for whatever reason, unavailable or unwilling, you simply replace the asset with something else, or do without. I am so sick and tired of these "entitlement" arguments. You are not entitled to anything. No one owes you a life long commitment that a particular asset will continue to be "up to date", and quite honestly, it's disgusting to me the attitude that I see from not only younger generations, but some older folks who don't seem to have the respect for the people who provided you things for free, that took days or weeks to create, that they did a few years ago.
I removed all my content from Train-Sim dot com a few years ago, because there were too many "gimme gimme" kids ... Now it seems that even the die-hards, the older generations, and N3V themselves, have become the same gimme-pigs.
-- A committee has actually determined and agreed that it is OKAY to reverse engineer someone else's hard work, and then redistribute that work, because they are no longer active on these forums?? And this community is OKAY with that ?? <<( shocked )>>
I think I also read somewhere above, that someone brought up the Copyright Law vs. Copyright Enforcement, saying that Copyright does not matter, because it can't be enforced unless it is registered ...
1. I think you are mistaken, and confusing Copyright with Trademark. In the USA, Trademarks have to be Registered. To my knowledge, Copyright does not have to be registered in order for it to be enforced.
2. If you are implying that a Creator's Copyright should, or could, be ignored, because it would be difficult to enforce, or because it would be too expensive for the average hobbyist to go to Court to have enforced, you sir, should be ashamed of yourself.
3. While it is true, that the majority of content creators are just hobbyist, and do lack the funds or ambition to take the matter to court on their own, we don't have to, because Copyright Infringement is a Crime in the USA, so all we have to do is make a formal complaint, evidencing our claim to the intellectual property, and the District Attorney will do the work and funding of prosecuting any offender .. Regardless of your "opinion" on the matter.
