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Posted by: Recon Number 54
If someone embarks on a mod that is based on someone else's creation and does not have the permission of the holder of the IP they are using.... well, I am sorry to say (because this work did look interesting) but they are at risk of this happening.
Posted by: Master Kim
First of all, it's not a retail game, Mr. Ignoramus. It's a mod for Command and Conquer Generals, not a game you go into stores and buy. Secondly, you probably don't even have C&C Generals, do you?
You're right, the mod itself is not a retail game. But the makers of the retail game were not served with a cease and desist order.
Someone was making a mod to that retail game and their content was solely based on elements of the Halo universe. All of that is copyrighted material. The Covenant, UNSC, Warthogs, Wraiths, Elites, Grunts, characters, weapons, vehicles.
If permission to use that property was not obtained either prior to the start or during the work itself.... well then, those folks were (sadly) using creations that they did not have permission to use.
If I recall correctly, Bungie actually gave them the go-ahead.