Board Thread:Administrative Discussions/@comment-1824272-20141221012525

Various articles on Acepedia utilize what are known as "ripped" images. These are usually transparent images of a model from in-game files, which are not available to players under normal circumstances. Typically, you have to hack the game's files in order to access these rips.

I am fully aware of an "operation" currently underway to rip files from Ace Combat: Assault Horizon due to its availability on computers, where ripping is common. However, the legality of such actions is a huge gray area. As stated, one has to manually crack open the game's files in order to dig within and find these rips. The worst part about the images is that anyone can draw their own high-quality render of any aircraft in the world and post it on Acepedia pretending that it was a rip from a game. There's no way we can legally source these files, and sources are required on all files.

For these reasons, "ripped" images are no longer permitted on Acepedia. 