The last couple of months I've been involved in a case where someone stole an entire custom server map from an other server by tracking it. The person who stole the map refuses to delete the map from his server.
Because of this alot of people got really demotivated, including ofc the person who got his map stolen.
A map is one of the most important things that makes a custom map server unique and with the map being used in other servers all value and rpg feeling of discovering new areas will be gone.
So my suggestion is a rule for advertisement/download threads (and maybe also for showoff threads).
If there is enough proof (like other advertisement threads or mapping threads) that the map belongs to someone else and the owners of the map say they don't allow this person to use/release the stolen map,
the thread should be closed or deleted (depense on the situation).
If the person decides to remove the stolen map it could be reopened.
I also think it should be the same for sprites or anything else that can be proved it's made by someone else.
Because of this alot of people got really demotivated, including ofc the person who got his map stolen.
A map is one of the most important things that makes a custom map server unique and with the map being used in other servers all value and rpg feeling of discovering new areas will be gone.
So my suggestion is a rule for advertisement/download threads (and maybe also for showoff threads).
If there is enough proof (like other advertisement threads or mapping threads) that the map belongs to someone else and the owners of the map say they don't allow this person to use/release the stolen map,
the thread should be closed or deleted (depense on the situation).
If the person decides to remove the stolen map it could be reopened.
I also think it should be the same for sprites or anything else that can be proved it's made by someone else.
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