[Radier]

Hi, this is my very first post here at the forum.

I followed this mod for a long time and when it shut down I desperately looked for something else that reminded about this mod. I found some links to AME Mod which probably most of you allready know of.
What I want to say, is that there is alot of progress there... The AME map is 15 x larger than Vaardenfell, and it looks very promising. 4000 new models and 200 quests. I know it was dead before, but it waked up from the sleep...
It will be released in german but also in english.
I recomend for you who want to try the mod (which is about 2gb) sign up now because it will only be released to the members.

That was all for me... and here is the link to AME Mod:



EDIT: link removed

This post has been edited by Theta Orionis: 02 November 2004 - 03:37 PM

[Dark0ne]

Unfortunately the mod's primary language (and only language, as far as I can tell, on the site) is not one I talk with confidence, so I neither follow it nor have any interest in it.

[Theta Orionis]

I am not convinced that the 'loophole' employed by the AME mod is actually legal and can therefore not endorse this mod.


For that reason I am removing the link.

[Radier]

1. AME Mod has some topics only in english... But you probably allready knew that.

2. Oh, sorry Theta Orionis didn´t know it could be illegal (the german dev´s said it wasn´t)... But in that case, can they sue the members downloading it or only the makers of the Mod?

Regards

Radier.

[Morgoth]

We cannot really tell. We are unable to say anything final about whether AME is illegal or not, mainly also because we don't know the details about what they have planned, it is just that as things are at the moment and appear to us, we have rather a feeling that AME is not fully legal - we may be wrong, but we hope you can understand that we prefer to be careful and not to do anything wrong.

[Radier]

Morgoth, on Nov 2 2004, 08:28 PM, said:

We cannot really tell. We are unable to say anything final about whether AME is illegal or not, mainly also because we don't know the details about what they have planned, it is just that as things are at the moment and appear to us, we have rather a feeling that AME is not fully legal - we may be wrong, but we hope you can understand that we prefer to be careful and not to do anything wrong.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ok, thank´s for the warning... I will look that up with the AME team, wether it is as a member illegal to download the mod, or if only the dev´s can be sued...

[Slaiv]

I think their claim is that they're only making it as a personal project - they are only releasing it to the makers. If it were a personal project, it would be legal. The loophole is that they have people join the forums and post an idea [something like that]. Doing so makes said people "members" of the developing team; hence, they would only be releasing it among the makers as a personal project. I don't how much that will hold up in court, so....

[Radier]

Slaiv, on Nov 2 2004, 11:08 PM, said:

I think their claim is that they're only making it as a personal project - they are only releasing it to the makers.  If it were a personal project, it would be legal.  The loophole is that they have people join the forums and post an idea [something like that].  Doing so makes said people "members" of the developing team; hence, they would only be releasing it among the makers as a personal project.  I don't how much that will hold up in court, so....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think you are right. That won't hold up in court, but do you also think only the dev's can be sued, or have everyone including the so-called members taken a risk when registered at AME Mod?

[Slaiv]

The devs can be sued for making and distributing it. The downloaders could proabably claim that they did not know it was illegal, or use some other form of bending the truth to avoid prosecution. But they could [I believe so] still be prosecuted [the downloaders.] It's like P2P programs, like Kazaa* and Morpheus** - the user is not distributing the files, but it is still illegal to download them.


*I do not support Kazaa nor its use.
**I do not support Morpheus nor its use.

Standard protection.

[Radier]

Ok, I understand your point.
Thanks for telling me this. I will be a little more carefull now, maybee wait a week after the release and then download it or something like that. I don't know.

Radier.