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cheers man! good looking set up to :) very aussie
RTA-Mods will never be on the Steam Workshop.
The way RTA-Mods work is when you buy a mod from them you pay through Paypal and they will send you an email with a link to the mod. When you request an update they will send you an email with a link to the mod. It is very easy and there are no pop ups just the mod.
It will take some time before they send you the email but they will send it and usually within one day from the time you buy the mod or request an update.
RTA and such modders did not get any authorization from truck companies.
It works now because they are not a threat in term of economy, but otherwise, Paccar or any company having copyrights could sue them and take them down.
Buying from them would never put you at risk tho, I think.
But people in SCS forums don't allow paid mods so they will never promote them.
First point. Kenworth Australia were going to sue RTA. Why KenAus decided not to, I honestly don't know. Maybe because of RTA's location, too much cost for little return maybe. Suing outside of your own country is a tricky business and expensive one.
As for the latter part. Is there a risk for buyers? Actually yes, yes there is. In this case it may depend on where the purchaser is from.
Under UK law, what RTA are doing classes in the same legal bracket as piracy/fraud which makes it a criminal offense, which means anyone purchasing the model is also committing an offense.
IF a company was to try and do something about it, they could subpoena records of all people who purchased it and go after them as well, just like record and movie companies were/are to people using torrenting sites to illegally download. But as I said, this may depend on your country of origin and your laws and the laws of the country of the suing entity.
So yes, there most certainly a risk, but it is a low risk and entirely dependant on someone suing at all, which admittedly looks like it's not going to happen.
From what I have heard, KenAus are actually taking a different stance. Rather than using money they are looking at free mods with full approval as a way to battle paid mods.
If you are using GTM trucks, then you're most likely already aware of that fact as the T610 is now made made with full permission from KenAus. https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=930985#p930985
At first, truck companies don't make any mod for video games. So it's nothing alike movie or game piracy.
Buying a mod doesn't mean any loss for companies. It's more about image use and such.
From a corporate standpoint, they are very different. It's one thing to use a company's logos and designs when you aren't doing any harm to their brand or making a profit. It's still illegal without a license to use those designs, logos and other IP, but using those materials for self-promotion, profit or doing something that could damage the brand will definitely get you more attention and at least a "cease and desist" letter. In the grand scheme of things, mods in a game that is not hugely popular is not a huge concern for a truck manufacturer, but I'm sure it's something their legal team is very aware of. Now if ATS suddenly got the popularity of say, Fortnite or a similar game, that would escalate things to a whole new level and the amount of lost revenue to the company might be enough to cause the company to take steps. As it stands, RTA is an annoying fly in another country where legal proceedings don't always work like they do in other places and probably not worth the effort to go after them. But that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future and then you are left owning an unsupported mod from a defunct company that no longer exists.