bro who let those people cook bruh
pretty much lazily made UGC.
this is the exact reason UGC shouldnt be public
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First, preston DMCAâing people who use (or used) cube pets.
now this.
Thereâs no pattern, just pointing that out.
also pretty much it looks like roblox isnt changing their minds on this update
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You thought what I showed you there was bad? This is even worse.
Iâm at a BIG loss for words here.
And when there are creators that do make good UGC, they either 1.) Are few and far between, or 2.) Turn out to be really gross people.
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ROBLOX claims to care about IP and then this bs is a regular occurance. I feel like ROBLOX lies to us more than Activision-Blizzard, which is ridiculously impressive.
I genuinely hate being a ROBLOX dev. Not because their engine is bad, at the end of the day it really isnât. But because of crap like this policy change being a regular occurance and constantly threatening to completely kill everything I worked for in an instant, thanks to some brainrotted billionaire investor wanting to line their pockets even more.
And yes, I do think that this is worse than the audio update. The audio update was bad and incredibly inconvenient but was ultimately not entirely game-killing. This update will DIRECTLY lead to millions of games being banned and ROBLOX themselves have confirmed this.
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Iâve asked for clarification on this from Roblox staff for ages (since what the ToS seemed to say and common practice have always been very different). Glad to eventually have clarification âŚ
but the required purchase prompt is insanity. Does this requirement seriously force us to make our games blast annoying purchase prompts every time players try to equip something with UGC IP?
If a game did this to me I would leave thinking the game was one of those scams because I as a player did not ask for a purchase prompt and the game forced one on to me.
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It appears to include Robloxâs items:
(From FAQ)
Which is an insane shift. Roblox has allowed developers to use their assets for ages.
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Iâm guessing that since Robloxâs primary concern is UGC items, they donât want to be given an unfair advantage, or look like they prioritize their own items above others, so theyâre trying to do their version of âevening the player fieldâ.
Which just makes the update even worse and more ludicrous-sounding. Nothing justifies this update, whether it be IP-related or otherwise.
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The solution to this seems to be really clear:
Allow UGC developers to decide how their IP should be treated and allow developers to access this information
When UGC creators upload they should be able to select how their assets can be used:
- In-game, any use (can file a removal request)
- In-game, only worn by avatars
- In-game, purchase prompt, any use
- In-game, purchase prompt, only worn by avatars
- Never without explicit permission
Then, developers should be able to access this information. The Avatar Editor Service should have extended API for search to filter for different IP permission levels and potentially some web based way for developers to manually do it (maybe a small icon, though that would be an easy and fast plugin for studio).
Additionally all Roblox items should fall under the first category above, as they have since the literal creation of Robux.
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ok guys so basically how it works is like, you have to prompt things now
like if someone else is wearing an item then you have to prompt the player who saw it
if they kindly decline you have to keep prompting them until they buy it
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This sucks, I always thought that anyone was allowed to use Roblox-made assets 
Sad how many classic games could be lost due to this stupid change.
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Why did this need to happen?? Wasnât it fine before? Nobody was complaining about stolen assets. If its such a big deal the original creator could call out the person.
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Roblox shouldnât have allowed non admins to create stuff. 2019 era was the best.
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Hey anyone whoâs still reading, I have updated this post to include a list of games that may or will be affected by this change. If you know of any games that will be affected, please send me those games so that I can add them to the list! Send me any games you know of that may or will be affected by this and Iâll add them to this list. Just send me the name, creator, and reasons for deletion of the game (preferably formatted like the entries in the lists are) and a link to the game so I can put it into a hyperlink.
I am really, really hoping that, at the very least, this policy update will include a clause somewhere that states that ROBLOX-made items are exempt from the policy.
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to be fair who DOES like rthro bundles
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They should cancel / revert all the other garbage updates too.
From December 2022 (when I made my account) to June 2023, Roblox wasnât all that bad.
When July 2023 rolled around, the original Stevie Standard face was being forced onto players, Roblox offsold a lot of classic faces to be remade as Dynamic Heads, and now this update.
I think that UGC items should have licensing terms on what you can and canât do (like some GitHub projects). As for Roblox assets, that should continue to be normalized like it has been for years.
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yes, the fact that ROBLOX-made assets fall under this makes my blood boil.
I am still very very angry at this change and likely will be until itâs either fixed or I quit devving.
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I was gonna log off of the DevForums, but then I found this!
Nintendo is REALLY protective of their IP, so this is just a lawsuit waiting to happen!
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Itâs not only video games that get this treatment. It happens to TV shows too!
Not just your typical anime shows, but the shows we all watched as children!
Iâm not only angry that Roblox isnât doing anything about this, but just the fact that they did Super Why like this 
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if you guys dont have money, iâll buy a gamepass so you can get it
IF YOUR TOO LAZY FAVORITE IT
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