Tag: DMCA

Star Control: Origins Returns to Steam Following DMCA Takedown

Posted on: January 18, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

The ongoing legal disputes between Stardock Corporation and Star Control II creators Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford over the recently released Star Control: Origins appear to have reached some kind of resolution. A few weeks ago the whole thing reached a whole new level of weird as the game was completely removed from sale on

Star Control: Origins removed from distribution after DMCA scuffle

Posted on: January 3, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

Anyone whose been paying attention to the Star Control franchise of late has heard of ongoing legal disputes between various parties, and now there’s a sad new development concerning Star Control: Origins. That particular entry has apparently been pulled from sale on various digital platforms after Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, the developers who

Abandoned online games could be coming back

Posted on: February 18, 2018 /

Categories: General Gaming News

An exciting development for fans of old and abandoned online games may result in some of your favorite games coming back to life. The U.S. Copyright Office is considering whether to loosen restrictions on public use of abandoned online games, and the ESA, America’s trade association for the videogames industry, has argued against granting an

Nintendo takes down Super Mario 64 multiplayer mod

Posted on: September 20, 2017 /

Categories: General Gaming News

Nintendo has long has issues with content creators and gamers over its aggressive and often hostile approach to copyright infringement. While it’s not just Nintendo that like to assert dominance over modders and gamers, their latest salvo against a mod creator has a lot of people on edge. The creator of the Super Mario 64