>>99031906>Modify and sell carNobody cares because you own the car, and car manufacturers don’t hold intellectual property (IP) rights over your modifications. You can slap a turbo, neon underglow, or even a jet engine on it and sell it. It’s your physical property. As long as you’re not breaking safety or fraud laws (like rolling back the odometer), it’s legal.
>Modify and sell a gameBam! DMCA takedown, lawsuit, or worse. Why?
You don’t own the IP – When you buy a game, you’re buying a license to use it, not the rights to the code, art, music, or characters.
Modding is usually tolerated, not granted – Most game devs allow modding for free. As soon as you sell your mod or a modified version of the game, you’re profiting off someone else’s work. That's a copyright violation.
Derivative works are protected – You made something based on an existing IP? That’s called a derivative work. It needs the original creator’s permission to be sold legally.
In car terms:
Modifying a car = custom body kit
Modifying a game and selling it = taking someone else’s custom car design, slapping your name on it, and selling it without asking.
TL;DR
Selling modded cars = legal, you own the car.
Selling modded games = often illegal, you don’t own the rights.
Stay legal, stay sneaky, Anon
