SLN: I’m still a bit unsure about this in-house IP for paid races … will it be top quality? What if a mod group releases a top notch mod which EVERYONE wants to race? Would the in-house dev team create something similar? ‘Based’ on the mod in question?There’s just too many grey areas for me right now to form a decent idea about this new project. Either way, I hope you can accept the skepticism from a number of big names in the modding community.

Simraceway has a deposit system for money and creates an account but no withdrawl.
The only winner will be simraceway.
People need to be aware of this site and it’s intentions for the community.

Modders please boycott!!

Don’t allow to be exploited for your talent!!!

There’s just too many grey areas for me right now to form a decent idea about this new project. Either way, I hope you can accept the skepticism from a number of big names in the modding community.

You have to be really ignorant, not to see where this where going. And surely they give ud the same story about all payments beeing spend on prizes and fairly high expenses – sure…

I think cypherpunks01 summarized it quite well:
http://getsatisfaction.com/simracewaycom/topics/mod_ip_and_rights_management#reply_1283963

@BSR-WiX
What was the problem in your case? Is there no specific license for your country or invalidates country’s copyright law the license? Otherwise I wouldn’t know why you couldn’t object. I’m curious…

I want there to be a peaceful end to this debate as much as anyone…but until SRW launches, the unknowns will continue. In the end I want to say I am all for furthering rFc’s envolvement with the community and I can only hope it is for the best.

<even more.. the minute a modder makes money with a mod , the mod is by law illegal, and would not be tollerated by the original copyright owners of the brands we use.

Just a thought..

There seems to be an emerging belief that simraceway will be charging for mods or “profiteering”, in some way, from modders work. So I wanted to clarify that’s absolutely not the case and in any scenario would be illegal!

We did confirm this a whiles back (see below original post 25days ago) however, we’re aware some important sim bloggers are also now expressing these concerns (Although, strangely they didn’t contact us for comment) , so wanted to reiterate the point to allay concerns.

We’re pretty slammed at the moment with the build of the new site and really want to focus on delivering a solid evolution of rfc. However, once we’re there we’d be flattered to talk about the details of the new site with any interested sim news sites (if you’re one do shoot me a mail! – jh@simraceway.com).

Jonathan

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Jonathan, Official Rep, replied 25 days ago

Hi RG,
We’re a little mystified by this comment and are unsure of its origins – we’ve made no statement that suggests simraceway will be monetizing modders work.

In fact this would be the antithesis of simraceway.com�s design so we hope you�ll reserve full judgment until the sites release.

Jonathan

source: http://getsatisfaction.com/simraceway...

crackhat:
Can any modders tell me how money is being made? are you mods being sold for hosting?

Its not the momey making, that concerns me , but the legal rights issue.
in 2003 i put up some of my music tracks ( i was a forrmer freelance producer) up for free under a Creative common license, stating that i only granted download for personal listening and for no commercial use. After one year i found the tracks on a documentary DVD. After complaining and trying my limited legal support, i got to hear that by digitally signing the licence, by law i had legally put my files in puclic domain. as long as i did not legally proof that they actually benefitted from my music tracks, they could do whatever they wanted. the fact that this could happen with a mod you worked on day and night, worries me the most.

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