Beth/Valve introduces Pay for mods to Skyrim.

[rylasasin]

(Not sure if this should go in any main threads, so I put it in Chit Chat.)

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1516784-skyrim-workshop-now-supports-paid-mods/
http://steamcommunity.com//workshop/aboutpaidcontent/

The modding community has, as one can predict, exploded in outrage.

[Cliff Paul]

Already, one of the paid Skyrim mods has been taken down after one user claimed another user was selling it using animations that he had originally created in his own mod. The mod store seller claimed that Valve actually forbade him from contacting the original animator about using his work because of an NDA about the existence the store. And this is somebody who is actually well-meaning. The “wrong crowd” mentioned above could easily slide in and just start stealing other people’s work left and right and selling it on the store. I’ve already heard of modders taking down their mods rather than let them potentially be stolen and used for paid store offerings. Even if Valve has some sort of report system in place, it’s going to be a headache to sort through justified and unjustified claims based on who iterated off whose work and who has the rights to the original mod and so on and so forth. It’s a nightmare waiting to happen.


From a Forbes article I can't link because Revleft sucks.

Anyways, this is going to blow up in their faces so quickly. :laugh:

[rylasasin]

Oh I just gotta love this. This right here makes me laugh:


I just want to point out that I am all for capitalism, hell I am a frigging pure capitalist myself. This is not so, this idea was a spark when I was yapping with people in the Skyrim Reddit IRC. What steam is doing is not in any way capitalist, it is exploitation, it is greed, it is stupid.

:laugh: lolbertarianism at its best.

No shit kid. That's what capitalism is.

[The Epitome of Justice]

The Capitalists are the people who support valve taking 75% of the money from their hard work.

The Socialists/Communists are both those who oppose this idea and prefer donations or that the mod maker gets to keep all the money without the employer(valve) taking all of it.

[rylasasin]

Anyways, this is going to blow up in their faces so quickly. :laugh:

It didn't even last a week.


Apparently they got so flooded with emails that it started costing them millions.