abadideaCOOKIE'S BUSTLE IS SAVED
THE WORLD'S WEIRDEST COPYRIGHT TROLL IS DEFEATED
Nazo@0xabad1dea It sucks so freaking much that copyright laws are so extreme and so easily abused like this. Especially the DMCA which wasn't even really ever intended to do stuff like this.
As I read this the one thing I kept wondering is why this particular person was pushing so hard to try to claim this specific game. Doing these actions in general I get — eventually someone will give them a big payoff even if what they're doing is likely illegal in some cases. But it still costs them a bit to put in the things they put in. If they just do this en masse — throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks — I'd understand, but it feels like they really think this one will somehow lead to a big payoff. And I sure don't see how.
Temmie@nazokiyoubinbou Actually the DMCA doesn't even apply to software like this. Abandonware is legally exempt from the Digital Millienium Copyright Act as per https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2006/ even if that copyright would otherwise still be valid. Which makes this even more disgusting
Jos（ユース）@temmie19 @nazokiyoubinbou DMCA section 512, the section about takedown requests, does apply to software like this. The exemption you mention is for DMCA section 1201, which is about anti-circumvention