• @[email protected]
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    410 months ago

    How can something that is a free mod get a DMCA claim? I’m not a professional at all but shouldn’t there be a stipulation that says if it’s free it doesn’t count or something? I knew copyright laws were really bad but I always figured free passion projects were fine.

    • @[email protected]
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      1110 months ago

      It uses assets owned and copyrighted by Nintendo. It doesn’t matter if it’s free, If they don’t want their stuff being used, they have that choice.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        The creator of the Best Buy asset on Steam Workshop for Cities Skylines was issued a takedown for whatever reason.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        I suppose that does make sense, still lame though. I do hope that everyone starts dog piling on Nintendo soon though. They are almost as bad as Disney with hogging all the cool generational content behind bullshit public domain laws

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          I stopped buying Nintendo products awhile ago. I’m not a fan of how they treat people. The DMCA needs to be eradicated, it is just a way for companies to bully people.

          • @[email protected]
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            110 months ago

            It also allows you to easily take down someone infringing upon your own rights to your work. Prior to the DMCA, you’d either have to rely on the good graces of the hosting platform, pay a lawyer for a C&D, or file a lawsuit.

          • conciselyverbose
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            110 months ago

            The DMCA safe harbor provision is absolutely huge to the ability of sites to host user generated content.

            Without it, sites would have to be far more restrictive because they’d potentially be liable for that content.

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          510 months ago

          I mean if you brag enough they can request a takedown, go ahead!

          Pointing fingers with this kind of thing is silly. It’s obvious it’s because it drew attention.