TheUnbeholden

There is very much a need for that, you didn't ask to redist my stuff and you're not alowed to.

I sure you havn't asked other mod creators for permissions either.
Remove my assets at ONCE!

It's not the mid-late 90's or early '00's any more. More and more mod authors are wanting to control their work vs share it. It's the way these kids have grown up: the game companies cracked down on modding for various reasons, all the modders now know is that wanting people to see your work is less important then a portfolio piece.

Authors have a right on the distribution of assets and licensing, it causes legal issues if assets have been licenced for specific release or on specific sites, we will always work with developers and members to ensure the best for their hard work.

Fair enough, but I believe you should be working with him to enforce site rules. He is ( present tense ) breaking the sites terms of use not just with Skyrim mods ..
Moddb.com

2. Use and ownership of user provided content
2; and you must ensure that you are the owner or creator of that content or have received permission from the owner or creator to make such submissions and to licence that content as set out in this clause 2.

You may want to have a look at his Fallout mods too. And lord knows what else.

Some of those authors may no longer be around / aware to contest them, doesn't make it right though does it ?

TheUnBeholden, with hand on heart, you should be pruning what you know breaks the site rules.

More importantly, if the site rules are being enforced properly, people should have no need to take time out of their lives to chase your actions which they did not warrant.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you for dealing with his uploads. I hope he realises his mistake and respects authors' wishes now.

I find it funny how some people take re-distribution of mods seriously. So long as they're being credited properly I see no problem. It's not like half of the mods that he's uploaded are developed on custom engines from scratch. The mods are built on the Source engine (mostly) and therefore can't be copyrighted by their authors unless the authors are paying royalties to Valve to copyright one of their mods and therefore sale it (if they wished). In other words they need the Source Engine License otherwise it's not like they could tell Google to remove their mod from another site. It's simply an act of good will to respect the author's wish.

Half of these people here aren't even the authors of the mods they're complaining about. I find this white-knighting ridiculous. As TheUnbeholden said: the authors themselves (if they have a problem with it) can tell him to remove them.

I myself have no problems with my mods being re-distributed elsewhere. They already have and with credit. It brings more downloads, attracts a wider audience (particularly those who don't visit Moddb) and ensures that the mods will remain if one site or another goes down.

Unless the mod author has downright stated that they don't wish for their work to be redistributed then they're up for redistribution. Although TheUnbeholden (if he wished) could still redistribute mods where the author has expressed their desire for them not to be re-uploaded elsewhere as there's no law preventing this.

Either way he takes no credit for any mod he uploads and doesn't do it out of malice so in my personal opinion (note: opinion, so don't jump down my throat) he's not doing anything wrong.

There's also a difference between art created by someone drawing and painting to a mod developed on an engine BELONGING to someone else. Technically all mods developed on the Source engine belong to Valve (hence why you need a license from them to sell a mod. Until then, it's not your IP).