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[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 92 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Seriously wtf is up Nintendo’s ass lately. They’ve always been litigious but the last few years have been pretty extreme.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It appears to be part of a series of fake DMCAs. Some asshat has been going around dmca-ing sfm, Gmod, and tf2 maps under different names with a lookalike email domain.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 34 points 8 months ago

The fact that DMCA requests don't have to be signed with an asymmetric key that lets you validate the company that sent it was actually behind the request is some of the dumbest shit.

We've known how to use certs online forever. Certainly well before the DMCA. Why the fuck wasn't that a provision?

Oh right because our politicians are tech illiterate apes.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe a new head of department?

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Or overcompensation since they acted on emulators and found out there's more to this? Someone's started another useless crusade.

[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I fear they're not going to stop here either. Soon we'll read news about Minecraft mods and other fan content as well. Backup everything.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The emulator is more likely that the Switch 2 was supposed to be released this year and ended up getting pushed to next year. This means they have to support the Switch fully for another year and it's a harder sell when it's easy for customers to make a choice between:

  • A Switch and 3ish games

Or

  • A Steam Deck that can play all the Switch games for free

When these are both the same price. The fact that instructions were easy to find and follow didn't help.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Solution is simple. Sell their fucking games on Steam.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago

They're like Japanese Disney. They're nothing without their IP and they know it.

They also know that the only reason they have DK as a character is because Universal dropped the ball in protecting their IP. If they let Garry's Mod casually have a "Mario" character in it, it dilutes their ability to legally go after some other studio who straight up makes an unofficial Mario game.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

It started after Satoru Iwata's death in 2015. He was a notorious true gamer/engineer before CEO and his vision was always long-term. The two who have replaced him since have decidedly chosen the short-term route for fast profit vs long term consumer binding.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I wonder if there being an R4 style cart released recently for the switch has lit a fire under their arses

Maybe they expanded their legal department recently