- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok, the Bungie forum server just went down a minute ago and this is the third time I've had to post this, so now I'm really pissed.
It is really such a bad thing? Yes!
Those maps are someones intellectual property, as such, one is required to ask the permission of the author before using said property in any way shape or form that may garner profit to yourself. If you were to make, say, a map and you put it on the internet for everyones enjoyment. How would you feel if someone took that, and started charging money for it? I bet you'd be pretty pissed.
The internet is not public domain, that means you can't take something another person has created and use it for your own profit. Just like it's illegal to copy a movie DVD and sell it bootleg.
This guy has a ton of hurt in store for him if he hasn't asked every single one of those authors for permission to sell thier work. People like this almost always back down at the first threat because if the author can produce the original file, it's theft.
[Edited on 10/26/2006]