Just woke up and saw that he started selectively deleting posts, including removing link to the original file. Luckily I archived everything so we now have proof. Link to my post: Look at the difference between the sixth and seventh archive. There is a gap of about five hours and I don't know if I missed any posts, however.
What you're trying to say is that, to Valve, the value of an uploader of a stolen file is higher than the value of the creator of said file.
This is an hypothesis based on an idea that the uploader uses Steam and the modder doesn't. Your hypothesis is improvable and the situation highly improbable.
That analogy makes no sense at all, you unrightfully presume that the modder is not a user of Steam and a customer of Valve, and since there is no such thing as a paid mod Valve doesn't lose any revenue by taking a stolen mod down.
You also act as if you (in this theoretical case) uploading a mod has any influence on your spending habits, which I highly doubt.
I really don't believe that is true, kotorfiles has been "down" for what, two weeks now? People who are now advocating to reupload the "lost" mods haven't even tried to contact the original authors.
Sure, it may take some time before they react, so what?
As the current case has showed us, that disclaimer is worth jack when the uploader refuses to take the file down after multiple requests of the original author.
Besides, uploading a file without the original author's consent is still illegal according to this site's rules and the steam subscriber agreement.
You're more than welcome.
Although I doubt that you have some clout as a contributor to RCM as he refuses to abide the requests of HH, who is one of the main contributors still working on the mod.
Started archiving this page incase he decides to delete everything again.
First link here.
Second link here.
Third link here.
Fourth link here.
Fifth link here.
Sixth link here.
Seventh link here. (A whole lot of comments are now removed)
Eighth link here.
Ninth link here.