How many modders who don't want their mods in commercial products?

[ehughes]

I'm starting a new project soon, and want to make sure I'm not using any mods in my projects created by someone who doesn't want them used in any commercial products.

Can we make a list, and keep it locked at the top of this forum for reference? That way, users won't make the mistake of crossing any copyright boundaries? Thanks much guys!

[kkffoo]

What you are asking is clearly impossible.

Studios employ people to keep track of assets, and even they only credit certain things. With machinima the whole world is created.
Imagine a studio having to credit the makers of each paving slab in a street scene.

Machinima movies are generally made by one person, or a small team

I wish we had a system like the one that freesound use.
Any downloaded sample is logged and you can link back to your own page which shows an attribution list.
see mine here
http://www.freesound.org/usersAttribution.php?id=184728

[corthew]

What you are asking is clearly impossible.

Its certainly impossible to know who modded an item if they didn't sign the mod.
But for those who want the attention they do a great job of identifying themselves in their work so it's not impossible to recognize them.
You can hover your mouse over each asset used in a shot, (there is that slider of assets at the bottom in the workshop view section that pops up when you click the "add objects to the set" button), and in the tags the creator's of the mods should have their names placed there, hopefully the way they would like to be credited.
If nothing like that is there I assume its a moviestorm item and there permission is already given.
Its really the only way to tell who created it once you've installed the mod.
DavidWWW, PapaG, KV and Nahton all do this.
Lucinda places TMG in the tags for some of hers.
If I did not know this from research on what the hell TMG was, I would not be able to tell who TMG was and would likely credit her work to TMG if I ever get my movies going past the music I have for it.

So yes, it is possible if the modders make it possible by simply taging their work with the desired credit name.

Studios employ people to keep track of assets, and even they only credit certain things. With machinima the whole world is created.

They credit individuals if their work was freelance or independently contracted. Otherwise they credit the companies that were commissioned to have the work done by its employees rather than each individual employee.

Imagine a studio having to credit the makers of each paving slab in a street scene.

That's silly. They'd credit, (and do), the city that allowed them to film on that street.
The workers employed by the city to build the street would fall under that single credit.
However, if they had to have a set designed that needed a special Italian designer to recreate a specific Milan street corner for example, he would be credited.

If the person wants credited then by all means credit them. The credits go at the end and are only really there for people to whom the information is important.