I am Worried About something (Copy rights)

[Traggey]

I strongly advice you do not use these ''ripped'' models unless you have permission to do so.

Ok then... How do I contact Valve then? thats the problem. I now know that it might be considered illegal to use this models. But yet again I have no modeling skills, there are few free custom models out there and even fewer if not none of them are similar to those I need to do my custom story. the few I have found were ripped from their original game and I in my ignorance though there wouldn't be any copyrights issues because if my custom story being a non profit project!

Whats bothering me right now is that my custom story in the state it is right now. is completely dependent on those custom contents. I could very much delete must of the ripped models I have (most of it being just game props like lamps, TVs, fire extinguishers, etc) the problem is that some are indeed required for the story of my custom story. and without it... well we have to rethink completely the custom story and to be honest I am sick of delaying it! damn I have Dark Room 2 on my shoulders almost a year now! I am sick off it and I want to see it finished!

On another not: I sometimes see this forum as hypocritical and even contradictory. I know what you (Traggey) said about that the moderators might miss some contents or that you may forget them. since well you are only Human like the rest of us. I now see people just talking about copyrights and how wrong piracy is and whatnot. when a few months from now some of the people that now laugh at people who use models provided by websites when some of those actually helped me whit the "ripped" models that now I am using on Dark Room 2. This as made me greatly confused since one of the moderators (Your Computer) actually helped me apply a texture to a "ripped" model before I knew how to do it myself.

I am not saying that piracy isn't wrong or the opposite. All I am saying to you Traggey is that in a way the forum mislead me on the initial production of DR2. And now where I am Almost finished whit the mod I see you guys locking almost all custom story whit ripped models and now I have no Idea what to do. So I hope this helps you understand my situation instead of just saying that you advice me not to use those models.

These rules are quite new to the forums. I can not in any way help you with your development, valve has customer support just like everyone else which could probably direct you to whom you need to contact, I do not have that information.