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Nintendo Didn’t Actually File DMCA Against Dolphin
The other day it was reported that Nintendo had filed a DMCA takedown on the Steam version of the Dolphin Emulator however as it turns out that is not the case. Dolphin Wasn’t Taken Down By A Nintendo DMCA Request As it turns out there was no DMCA takedown request…
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Dolphin Emulator No Longer Coming To Steam After Nintendo DMCA Takedown
Dolphin Emulator, an open-source emulator for GameCube and Wii, was expected to arrive on Steam launching a Steam Page on March 28th only to be met with a DMCA Takedown from Nintendo. Dolphin Emulator Hit With DMCA Takedown The news surrounding this DMCA notice has been shared by pcgamer who…
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Nintendo Issues DMCA Takedown For Switch Homebrew Project
Once again Nintendo is pushing its legal weight around as they have reportedly issued a DMCA takedown for a Nintendo Switch Homebrew project. Lockpick Tools Issued DMCA Takedowns According to gbatemp.net The tool that Nintendo has issued a DMCA takedown for is Lockpick, which is a tool that allows users…
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Twitch Expected to Start REALLY Clamping Down on TV Show Streams
Over the last few years, a new and contentious trend has been seen on video streaming platforms such as Twitch and YouTube. Known as ‘reactions’ or ‘watch parties’, a number of users started streaming unedited (please remember this keyword!) copyrighted material, such as TV shows and movies, under the guise…
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GTA Modders Issue Countersuit Against Take-Two Citing ‘Fair Use’
One of the most notable precursors to the release of the GTA Trilogy was the fact that Take-Two Interactive had definitely kicked things into a new gear when it came to the game’s modding community. Put simply, masses of mods were taken down amid a flurry of DMCA claims and…
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GTA 3 & Vice City Reverse-Engineering Projects are Back After Takedown!
Do you remember the fantastic Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City reverse-engineering fan projects? Known as re3 and reVC, the projects were both hit by a DMCA from Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement. Of course, Take Two were unhappy as the fan-created source code for both games…
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The Sinking City Devs DMCA Their Own Game to Get it Off Steam
If you’ve been even mildly aware of ‘The Sinking City‘ you’ll probably know that since the game was originally released back in the Summer of 2019, there has been a long, aggressive, and ongoing battle between the developer (Frogwares) and publisher ‘Nacon’. Put simply, the developer thinks they’ve been screwed…
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Twitch Users Report DMCA Flags for In-Game Sound Effects
If you regularly broadcast your gameplay action on Twitch, or stream on one of the many other platforms available, then you’ll undoubtedly have had to become far more familiar with DMCA laws than you initially anticipated. Well, presuming you want to continue to look to grow your channel without encountering…
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A New Mario Battle Royale Rises From the Nintendo DMCA Ashes
Super Mario Bros Royale Earlier this month we found that a brand new battle royale game had popped up on the internet. This one, however, was more than a little interesting than your generic release that seems to just throw it in because it’s popular. Based on the original Super…
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Nintendo Issues DMCA on Fan Made Mario ‘Battle Royale’
Nintendo Shuts Down Super Mario Bros Battle Royale Earlier this week we reported how a free-to-play battle royale game based on the original Super Mario Bros. had appeared online and that, in terms of a fan made game, was amazingly fun. Allowing 99 players to simultaneously play a level, the…
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Stardock’s Star Control Origins Returns to Steam
Available via Steam Once Again Stardock‘s Star Control Origins was unceremoniously pulled out of Steam three weeks ago following a DMCA claim by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. Reiche and Ford are of course, the original series creators of Star Control. Moreover, both are in an on-going dispute for…
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Star Control Origins Pulled from Steam Due to DMCA Notice
Star Control Out of Steam Star Control Origins has been hit with a DMCA takedown on Steam and has now been pulled off sale. The claim is from Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, two creators of the classic DOS games and are in an on-going dispute with Stardock, the…
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YouTube Reveals 58 Million Videos Were Removed In 3 Months
YouTube Removes 58 Million Videos In 3 Months Over the last couple of years, getting content to ‘make the grade’ on YouTube (at least in terms of monetisation) has been something of an uphill struggle. It’s a factor that has caused a lot of anger in the community. Particularly the…
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Nintendo Issues YouTube Guidelines To Help Content Creators
Nintendo Issues YouTube Guidelines To Help Content Creators There have been very long-standing difficulties between YouTube content creators and Nintendo. In a nutshell, Nintendo is exceptionally protective of their IP’s on the video hosting site. As such they regularly issue DMCA notifications to people who sometimes simply want to play and/or…
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EA Shuts Down Fan Remake Of Sim City 2000
EA Shuts Down Fan Remake Of Sim City 2000 If EA proved anything in their most recent Sim City re-boot, it’s that they are completely incapable of making a re-boot of Sim City. One fan, however, decided to try and take matters into their own hands by creating their own…
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