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Isn't Fair Use a concept that applies just in the United States? There might be similar concepts in other countries, but they're not equivalent.
by duckmysick 5y ago
Isn't Fair Use a concept that applies just in the United States? There might be similar concepts in other countries, but they're not equivalent.
- Const-me 5y ago> they're not equivalent They are not, but AFAIK these concepts are somewhat close, at least on the high level. The developers were not distributing the game, the game engine they made is useless without the assets. The developers probably obtained their copies of the games legally. AFAIK, their primary motivation was to make the game work better on modern computers (that’s why the rendering patches), and to make the game run on the platforms not supported by Rockstar such as ARM Linux on Raspberry Pi. The laws regulating reverse engineering often have exceptions for compatibility purpose. Most importantly, the developers have not profited from their work, they did it for fun.