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They do need permission from the building owner to bring people inside to look at it though. And that usually involves paying them.
Yes but in this context, the building owner is the person who bought the game.
It would be like the architect who drew the plans for your home getting a court order to seize your home because you installed extra cabinets that were not on his plans.
In germany we have the "Architektenurheberrecht".
Architectural copyright (Architektenurheberrecht) protects an architect's original intellectual and creative achievements, including designs, plans, and completed buildings, provided they possess a sufficient level of originality (Schöpfungshöhe).
Architects can, and have, use this to deny changes to such buildings or claim injunctive relief, removal of the infringement, or financial damages.
Installing extra cabinets would most likely not be enough to seize the house, but if he can convince a judge that it will sufficient change his art he could get a order to have them removed and the original space restored again.
I'm surprised and also not really.
It's exactly the same line of thinking where someone else is given more rights over a thing than the person who owns it.
Yeah exactly. It's crazy that people think it's OK for game developers to have a say in what mods you can apply to your own legally purchased game.
They don't say anything against applying or installing the mod to the game, at least not in this case, but against making money with their IP. This should not be mixed together.
It’s making money with their labor. Work is valuable, and deserves pay no matter what