inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoCities Skylines and Terraria mods hit with DMCAs, but Steam has a bigger problemwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
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minus-squareknight_alva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoWho else would go around filing DMCAs?
minus-squareMoose@moose.bestlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 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-24 days agoCopyright holders who believe their IP is being violated by a given mod?
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoPeople like Nintendo?
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?