Holy shit, I can’t even imagine the amount of mods that will get erased. There were so many fan-mods, maps, minigames, models… Fucking Nintendo…
every couple months is a new burning of the library of alexandria
Garry's Mod to remove ALL Nintendo content from the Steam Workshop due to takedown
Submitted 3 weeks ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4000/view/4200245595694413052?l=english
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moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I get the sentiment here, but it is absolutely hilarious to compare gmod content to the library of alexandria.
Nutteman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also wasn’t that library’s burning not as bad as everyone says? I thought we had copies of most of the stuff for some reason. Maybe I’m remembering wrong.
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
you… you think much of it was any good?
really?
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All for the profits of a few people.
theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 3 weeks ago
There is no profit being made by harassing some innocent modders. If anything, projects like these are free advertising for Nintendo.
Icalasari@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Apparently it's not even Nintendo, but trolls. Just that this is such a Nintendo thing to do that GMod doesn't want to even risk it
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where do you get that from?
xkforce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They got it from a twitter post that never bothered looking up who owns the domain. The domain is owned by Nintendo of America Inc not some internet troll.
xkforce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The domain is owned by nintendo.
Look up mm-nintindo.com on the icann search: lookup.icann.org/en/lookup
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Fyi, you might want to add a notice to your post that lets people know that it appears to be part of an ongoing series of false-dmcas from someone using a fake Nintendo-lookalike domain.
xkforce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is not true. Look up mm-nintendo.com on icann yourself to see who registered it.
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
dukatos@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The post says:
No, they still are. FacePunch believes they are real DMCA take downs, so they’re still going to take down the workshop addons out of fear.
OsaErisXero@kbin.run 3 weeks ago
One of these days a Corp is going to push hard enough they get their rights stripped away for not meeting the 'to promote the progress of science and useful arts' part of copyright clause and i'm starting to wonder if the big N is going to be the winner.
MamboGator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Kinda like when Warner Music Group tried to strong arm the world over “Happy Birthday” but when they were finally challenged on it in court it was ruled that they never actually owned the copyright.
windie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Copyright and progress of science and arts is an oxymoron in my view.
OsaErisXero@kbin.run 3 weeks ago
Ya gotta remember that at its inception, at least in the US, copyright had 2 things going for it:
The duration was limited to 14 years, not the death of the author +95 or fucking whatever it is currently, and that much of that duration would need to get burnt up in duplication and distribution of the work, all of which had significant costs associated with it. Hundred year long guarantees with unlimited instant reproduction of a work and instant mass distribution functionally for free would have been anathema at the time, and this kind of abuse of the system goes directly counter to the original as-written intent.
Too bad those 'originalists' in the courts only use that concept to suppress women and minorities instead of maybe picking up a small W with it here.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol, those rules are for you, not for Nintendo.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I actually feel like if Nintendo keeps this up, ar some point down the road, a majority of people are just gonna be done with them.
_Sprite@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Gonna fully sweep the workshop based off a claim that ‘might’ be Nintendo but won’t take down servers glorifying one of the worst points in human history
Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
History can’t sue you into oblivion for copyright infringement.
anon232@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
This wouldn’t even be GMod’s responsibility? Steam owns the steam workshop, so anything violating DMCA should go to steam, not GMod. It’s not like GMod themselves are hosting the content.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
20 years they’ve had to DMCA this. They should lose the right to do so after that long.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Why? It’s explicated unrated online content not covered by any terms.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
They are still beholden to copyright, just like you would be if you hosted a rom distribution website
If you are notified then you have to remove the problemcontent
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Because it’s probably trolls, not Nintendo
Arbiter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, time to move away from the workshop.
Can we go back to svn links for mods?
loobkoob@kbin.social 3 weeks ago
I don't think the Steam Workshop is the issue here. I'm glad it exists, and direct downloads or snv links are still a reasonable alternative for mods that can't be hosted on the Workshop for whatever reason.
Arbiter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True the workshop is pretty dope.
Just centralizing all mods in one spot is a bit iffy for situations like this.
Moneo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
13 yo me had so much trouble with SVN. Thanks for the flashbacks.
Arbiter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hope you eventually got the stargate mod working.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’m not surprised. For anyone using someone else’s material without permission, it’s just a matter of time.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, leave nintendo alone!
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is garrysmod.org still a thing?
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Apparently not.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
So many SFM videos that use Link and Mario models straight up ripped from their games will no longer be made. :(
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good! Nintendo is a tiny indy company, and you shouldn’t be mad at them for this. How else will Miyamoto and Sakurai put food on the table? Think of poor Nintendo and all the billions of dollars these gMod creations cost them!
NoneYa@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Think of all the money Nintendo lost over people playing that custom content that was paying homage to their beloved titles! Man, sure glad Nintendo scared them into taking those down.
Igloojoe@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
It sure will teach them never to be a nintendo fan again.
misanthropy@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yep. I haven’t bought a Nintendo product in a long time, and it’s purely because they’re horrible custodians of their own products and brands and seem to actively hate their fans
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a lot easier to be a Nintendo fan if you’re also a pirate!
Starkstruck@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fr, Nintendo isn’t going to get any more money out of people not using Nintendo addons. Instead they basically lose free advertising and make people dislike them even more. Shooting themselves in the foot again.