tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727408.post6986139183602949367..comments2016-07-20T09:43:51.417-04:00Comments on X-Plane Scenery Blog: No Answer Does Not Mean Go AheadBenjamin Supnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886313844644521178noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727408.post-73923008484058641162008-02-10T23:29:00.000-05:002008-02-10T23:29:00.000-05:00Hi Y'all,I have not posted any policy on commentin...Hi Y'all,<BR/><BR/>I have not posted any policy on commenting in the past, so I will let Brett's comment go through as I did Pauli's. With that in mind:<BR/><BR/>NO MORE on this topic. This blog will not be a referendum on any of this incident. Any further comments on the specifics of this package and the subsequent actions in the x-plane community will NOT be accepted.<BR/><BR/>(Comments and questions about derived works and copyright in general will be permitted.)Benjamin Supnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886313844644521178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727408.post-51564796494083137922008-02-09T12:04:00.000-05:002008-02-09T12:04:00.000-05:00I'll just note that Pauli getting banned from x-pl...I'll just note that Pauli getting banned from x-plane.org for the above comes from multiple violations & ignoring warnings to stop posting derivative works without permission. <BR/><BR/>Since he wouldn't stop posting it or simply remove the items that weren't his own creation he got banned. <BR/><BR/>The first occasion can perhaps be blamed on ignorance, but not the several after that - he decided the rules didn't apply & ignored them. Bad choice...<BR/><BR/>As a freeware author that's been burned I take copyright violations very seriously, as do most people these days. Ben - thanks for posting on the topic :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727408.post-37624812463943936422008-02-06T13:28:00.000-05:002008-02-06T13:28:00.000-05:00Pauli, it is up to the people who run x-plane.org ...Pauli, it is up to the people who run x-plane.org whether they ban you or not...they run their own forum and we all visit their at their discretion. You are a visitor in their home - it is not like a public park.<BR/><BR/>90% is clearly not good enough for copyright law. If you have a package with 90% your work and 10% someone elses, it is a derived work of that other person. You have to get their permission.<BR/><BR/>If that 10% is really trivial, remove it from your package. If that 10% is not trivial, then clearly you have used something of value without permission.Benjamin Supnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886313844644521178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727408.post-90382139160514873072008-02-06T12:28:00.000-05:002008-02-06T12:28:00.000-05:00Hi BenI am a "burned child" - perhaps an old child...Hi Ben<BR/>I am a "burned child" - perhaps an old child, I am becoming 67 this year. <BR/>My problem was about similar, not the same:<BR/><BR/>I was down loading a MSFS scenery pack and was inspired because the design was very primitive and i got the feeling there is a better way to do it. I was spending some time in the near of the place of the airport as an extra bonus.<BR/>Due to that I spent one week on reconstructing the airport according photos from the internet and my own. <BR/>I left some items in the package which are common and FREE in the MSFS scenery world like NATURE, PARKING, AIRPLANES - without wheels.<BR/>The next step was to ask the original designer for permission to place that into X-Plane community for free download.<BR/>There was NO ANSWER - similar to your case.<BR/>Then i tried to finder over some other sources, as the one where the files have been downloaded and got the answer: we do not know that person, he is not on our list.<BR/>O.K. for me it was only the INSPIRATION and nothing else- 90 percent and more was my own design work. I sent it to the X-Plane forum with the remark: I did not got a contact with the original designer - FINALLY I WAS BANNED - form the forum.<BR/>Ben I was so shocked like never before. I know it was only an inspiration - and inspirations are completely free, in the whole world. I still feel to be punished for something - he called me a THIEF - a case in Switzerland for the court.<BR/>love paulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com