inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agoCities Skylines and Terraria mods hit with DMCAs, but Steam has a bigger problemwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkCities Skylines and Terraria mods hit with DMCAs, but Steam has a bigger problemwww.pcgamesn.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 days agoI don’t see any indication that it’s the games’ developers that are doing this.
minus-squareknight_alva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoWho else would go around filing DMCAs?
minus-squareMoose@moose.bestlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 days agoFrom the info I found, the consensus is it’s a troll who found a way to abuse the Steam reporting. Apparently the list of games being hit by these takedowns is huge, like 25+ games.
minus-squaredgdft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 days agoCopyright holders who believe their IP is being violated by a given mod?
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoPeople like Nintendo?
I don’t see any indication that it’s the games’ developers that are doing this.
Who else would go around filing DMCAs?
Trolls
From the info I found, the consensus is it’s a troll who found a way to abuse the Steam reporting. Apparently the list of games being hit by these takedowns is huge, like 25+ games.
Copyright holders who believe their IP is being violated by a given mod?
People like Nintendo?