These things happen way to much

[Cammy]

We lose another wonderful modder today... As of now Ninirims mods are no longer on their site and are now private, Due to circumstances from certain people *sigh* http://ninirim.tumblr.com/

 

I really loved their mods and i can't help but be a bit infuriated by whoever did this.

[Guest]

 It's absolutely their right to withdraw their work if they so wish, and I do get how a modder can sometimes end up feeling like that's the only real power they have left.

 

But I'm not going to waste my time mourning their loss when they couldn't find it in themselves to find a path around whatever issue they had without punishing us all collectively. It's a blunt instrument to use, and my blunt response is to stop thinking of them or their work as relevant to me. 

[Lodakai]

Indeed it is sad to see an author leave and take away the work that you admired.

But I would agree that energy is better spent in supporting the authors who still remain rather than lamenting over the ones who felt they had to move on.

[Guest]

What's a bit murky about it all is  whether a mod author, having initially thrown the door wide open to bask in the warm and comforting light of patronage, can then expect to be able to firmly close it in peoples faces when they're not feeling it anymore.

 

Mod Piracy exists at least partly because these artists egos tend to bruise like a peach. 

[Lodakai]

If your mod is in demand, it is certainly better to have it available under your own control.  Once you make it unavailable.. people will indeed look toward other sources to find one that fills this gap.. either as a replica or a proper replacement.   Any experienced artist has come to terms with the fact that once you release something in the world.. it is no longer completely yours.

 

At the same time, I do feel that an artist has every right to remove themselves or their works to their best of their ability if they feel it has not become what they have intended to express in the first place (or for any other reason for that matter.)   

 

Still, an artist should also understand that once something has been expressed online.. it is all but impossible to remove it completely.  My personal advice would be to release your works with the expectation that some people will simply not agree with your own interpretation of YOUR OWN art.  This is a hard concept to wrap your head around, but once you do.. then you are truly an artist.

 

In this particular situation, I do not know what the controversy is about.   But my own opinion towards a mod disappearing can be visualized in the Stills song..  

"If you can't be with the one you love, honey... love the one you're with.."

 

There are mods and modders out there providing all kinds of new and amazing contributions.  Show them love =)

Respect those who wish to fade away, by acknowledging their wishes and allow them to fade away.

[Guest]

I don't know enough about the depth of the process Ninirim went to, and I'm really not up on legalities at all,  but the output  seemed to be mostly (really good) ports of  armors from other games like Bless Online or Vindictus rather than entirely original work. I'm not knocking the value of it, but doesn't that tend to muddy the waters a bit when it comes to what is being defined as property?

 

So he/she is withdrawing a service in essence, while the fruits of labour are being sat on by thousands of us and will likely still be in circulation in some form when TES6 comes out. So, no more armors on tap from Ninirim, but someone else no doubt will take up the baton. Someone always does.