Our mod has been stolen

[EoN]

Distasteful action by such a server. And I'm saying this in a very mildly as any other form of expressing what I would like to say probable gets me into serious trouble.
As for the argument of legal action the answer is simple. YES you can take legal action against those people and any server that is running that mod.
I know that the admins/mod-team never copyrighted their mod but it doesn't mean they are no legal means left to fight them.
I know as an artist any work I publish, or release, has Author Rights. This is the basis for most copyright laws in every nation on the planet. Even in Russia.
This Mod was published on more than one site and can be traced back to the makers.
But there's a slight problem taking legal action against these 'copycats' and that is money and most likely borders between the nations of the makers and these 'copycats'.
I'm no solicitor (Lawyer for the Americans) either but I know that if someone uses my art without my consent they can get into serious problem.
That server runs on someone's PC and got its own IP. This IP can be traced and thus you can find out what their ISP is. Write them an email and hope you can convince them to close down the server by disconnecting the owner of that IP. But I known this is a long shot. You only need to look at RIA/MPAA, and such organisations, how hard a time they have getting information from users from an ISP.
Other options are writing to the hosting sites that what they are spreading is a copy of your Mod. Most likely that will have more effect in spreading this copy to the masses.
Personally I hope that server gets PWNED big time by the FL community.
Kind Regards,

EoN

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