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.
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
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.
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.
Y’all feel free to download OP for asking an honest question. That’ll show 'em!
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.
Minecraft has a pokemon mod, wonder where nintendo lawyers were with that one?
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.
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
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.
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.