Would you be so kind as to explain the rationale behind the removal of my posts? They were pertinent to the topic of these threads, nevermind the fact that links are posted in these kind of threads all the time. To classify my posts as 'spam' you'll have to use a very broad definition which would also encompass a significant portion of the posts on ULMF.
Regarding the claims of copyright violation, the content was indirectly linked through Pastebin, as to not trouble ULMF staff by hosting links directly on their website. As such, any issues should be dealt with by Pastebin's staff which they tend to do very efficiently.
Are you serious, man? Are you actually going to do this? I am actively trying to maintain a balance here so that people here know where the links are, appease the developer's claim to copyright, and keep ULMF from catching as much legal ramification as I can, and you're going bring up this age-old argument?
Yes, if I wanted to be completely fair to the developers, ALL links on this forum would be completely wiped out and I would be actively hunting anybody trying to distribute them to ban them. But that would not only make me a hypocrite on a personal level, but also something neither I nor a majority of people here want to see happen on the forums.
And yes, if I wanted to be completely on the side of the members here, I would entirely ignore developers an license holders who ask us not to put links up here. But that's not only illegal, but a fucked up thing to do to them, even ones as xenophobic as this guy.
So instead, we have a semi-happy, legally-grey medium where links are put up at the discretion of the forum's members, which can easily be taken down if the license holder requests it. And this is because this is the best way that I can think of to allow both sides to have their say in the matter.
I didn't tell you to stop distributing links. I even hinted to everybody that if they wanted to know where to get it, they should contact you directly, so that it's out of the public eye and thus, keeping ULMF out of the legal debacle (Just because it's on Pastebin doesn't mean it's suddenly completely okay to post licensed content around here. You KNOW that's a bunk argument that'd get torn to shreds in a litigation, so why even bring it up?).
I labelled your posts as spam because you posted the exact same copy-pasted message on all three ROBF threads, when the only relevant thread is here. I even kept your posts in here, instead of just wiping out your post history, so that I didn't kill off your intentions. I just wanted you to stop necroing threads.
Like, I am actually flabbergasted that I am trying to make this a fair playing field for you, and you're going with the classic 'Well if every other thread is doing it, why can't we do it here!?" argument, as if I'm trying my hardest to stop you. This is even one of the few times I'm actively allowing my own bias and personal opinion on the issue guide my moderation because even I don't like the developer's attitude. If I were approaching it the way I normally do, I would've gotten rid of your account, gotten rid of the links, locked the fan translation thread, and limited discussion to only gameplay.
All I'm trying to do here is limit how much liability ULMF has in this situation, while maximizing how much freedom you and others have to discuss something as contentious as this. So don't give me that shitty guilt-trip that if I'm going to delete links here, I should delete them from all threads. This isn't my first rodeo and I ask that you trust my judgement when I handle this sort of thing.
-, but I checked it out just out of curiosity after your post. There IS and option to search the currently active (browsed) thread, you just have to choose "This thread" from the dropdown list in the searchbox.
