Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
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Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#2Serious question: why aren't false DMCA claims prosecutable as fraud? The elements are there - a knowingly false representation, detrimental reliance, and materiality.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#3Nintendo seems to go through these litigious cycles every once in a while. I wonder if this is them asserting their IP as part of a larger strategy to focus attention on an upcoming system launch?
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#4Serious question: why aren't false DMCA claims prosecutable as fraud? The elements are there - a knowingly false representation, detrimental reliance, and materiality.
Because the DMCA is for them not us.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#5This is a technically true story, but why don’t they report the Garry Mod has issued false DCMA notices too? It really seems like Engadget hates Nintendo.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#6Serious question: why aren't false DMCA claims prosecutable as fraud? The elements are there - a knowingly false representation, detrimental reliance, and materiality.
I think it's only Nintendo that'd be able to go after someone sending claims in their name.
It'd likely be hard to find whoever sent a false notice on general, since there's no identity or address verification needed to send one.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#7Serious question: why aren't false DMCA claims prosecutable as fraud? The elements are there - a knowingly false representation, detrimental reliance, and materiality.
Garry has now clarified that the takedowns were in fact issued by Nintendo, contrary to earlier reports.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#8This is a technically true story, but why don’t they report the Garry Mod has issued false DCMA notices too? It really seems like Engadget hates Nintendo.
What kind of IP has "a physics-based sandbox game" (quote Wikipedia) that warrants DCMA notices?
I mean to send out their own DCMA notices. Not receiving them.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#9Nintendo seems to go through these litigious cycles every once in a while. I wonder if this is them asserting their IP as part of a larger strategy to focus attention on an upcoming system launch?
I think this misses the point of the article, which is that a third party is filing fake DMCA notices in Nintendo’s name.
Re: Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices
#10Nintendo seems to go through these litigious cycles every once in a while. I wonder if this is them asserting their IP as part of a larger strategy to focus attention on an upcoming system launch?
I think this misses the point of the article, which is that a third party is filing fake DMCA notices in Nintendo’s name.
The end of the article has an update of a post from Garry saying that the takedown notices are legitimate.