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Valve Hands Over Its Own Movie-Making Tools To Gamers
cylonlover writes "Valve has gained a reputation over the years not just for consistently putting out great games, but also for the slick trailers and promo videos that go along with them. But now the developer is turning the tables and handing over its own video-making tools to fans free of charge. With the Source Filmmaker, gamers will be able to direct, animate, and record their own videos as if they were shooting on location inside a video game."
It helps when the medium doesn't get in the way of creativity though.
If it's only if they include any Valve assets, then the restriction has nothing to do with the tool, it's just that the assets are copyrighted.
Pointing out that Valve perpetuates a legally questionable business model (actually illegal in California) that most Slashdot readers find obnoxious and obscene, not to mention draconian (DRM + no first-sale doctrine rights) is not "flamebait." Further, mentioning a negative fact about Valve in a discussion about Valve's "good deeds" is quite on topic, contrary to the poor moderation present here. Moderation without liability begets abuse in all cases. Moderators who incorrectly moderate posts like we've seen here should be banned from ever moderating again on /.. It's pretty clear why this site is in the gutter.