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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by ceejayoz on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:15PM (#43874167)
Beat Saber and Meta aren't responsible for that.

You won't get sued for that just like singing Taylor Swift in the shower is permissible.

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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by xdfgh1112 on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:40PM (#43874357)
I mean they are. They allow hundreds of thousands of players to sideload a modded APK in using their developer mode. This is detectable but they tacitly allow it because it sells a lot of copies of the game and the headset.

And I am thankful they do!

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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by ceejayoz on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:54PM (#43874477)
My web browser lets me pirate music, but Mozilla doesn't get sued for that.

There's zero liability for Beat Saber or Meta here. People distributing the pirated music would be liable.

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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by spencerflem on Friday May 02, 2025 @05:17PM (#43874674)
MegaUpload got in some trouble for file sharing fwiw, so it's not impossible
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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by pfg_ on Friday May 02, 2025 @07:37PM (#43875575)
They host the files. Beat saber does not.
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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by spencerflem on Saturday May 03, 2025 @12:33AM (#43876876)
Good point
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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by brookst on Friday May 02, 2025 @06:33PM (#43875172)
MegaUpload was unarguably distributing content.
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Re:VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber's Fun Isn't ... by spencerflem on Friday May 02, 2025 @05:16PM (#43874670)
I know, I'm just saying that a big part of what makes beat saber fun (to me) is in playing fan made songs.
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