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https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1376796965942464515 https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1376796965942464515 > We've got in touch with someone at SEGA of Amer

by ihuman 6y ago

https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1376796965942464515 https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1376796965942464515 > We've got in touch with someone at SEGA of America and it is being looked into. > Thanks for your support everyonee, it is truly amazing to see that my hobby (!) project is useful to so many people

hedora 6y ago
I hope they consider taking Sega to court over this. Sega’s behavior is clearly in violation of the law, and a precedent needs to be set. Perhaps the EFF or a similar organization would be willing to represent them. https://smallbiztrends.com/2015/05/fraudulent-dmca-takedown-requests.html https://smallbiztrends.com/2015/05/fraudulent-dmca-takedown-...
- yummybear 6y ago
  A multi-year long, expensive lawsuit over a hobby project isn’t what anyone signed up for though.
  - xPaw 6y ago
    You are on point.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
  Take their lawyers to court. They're the ones that need to experience a chilling effect for acting in bad faith by signing off on fraudulent claims.
  - bozzcl 6y ago
    I wonder if the ACLU or EFF would like to get involved.
  - midjji 6y ago
    They would crush any small company in the prelude, even if they didn't intend to. I dont really think that copyright can be fixed, but at the very least we would need new laws to the effect of if you get sued for wrongful dmca, you pay the oppositions legal fees in addition to lost income and you risk losing the ability to make takedowns if the claim was in bad faith or negligent.
    - hedora 6y ago
      Small claims court is also an option. This is a hobby site, after all. It’s also a clear cut case. How many takedown notices have they sent? What percentage got kicked back historically? Non-zero? Then they knew they were sending fraudulant claims. If not, they still knew this claim was fraudulent after the site responded and they kept filing takedowns anyway. Did they address these issues by carefully vetting things they signed under penalty of purgery? Clearly not. The facts speak for themselves. Case closed, I think. I’m not sure you really even need a lawyer (though one would help).
      - ziddoap 6y ago
        If it were as easy and clear-cut as you make it out to be, we wouldn't be seeing these cases pop up all the time, I don't think. There is obviously additional factors at play. Money, for one, but plenty of others as well.
  - GauntletWizard 6y ago
    Sega should be taking their lawyers to court. The amount of tarnish to their brand they have garnered from gross incompetence is surely breach of contract somehow.
hvdijk 6y ago
And the followup to that: https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1377021851214417922 https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1377021851214417922 > The issue with SEGA has been resolved!

by ihuman 6y ago

hedora 6y ago

I hope they consider taking Sega to court over this. Sega’s behavior is clearly in violation of the law, and a precedent needs to be set. Perhaps the EFF or a similar organization would be willing to represent them. https://smallbiztrends.com/2015/05/fraudulent-dmca-takedown-requests.html https://smallbiztrends.com/2015/05/fraudulent-dmca-takedown-...

yummybear 6y ago
A multi-year long, expensive lawsuit over a hobby project isn’t what anyone signed up for though.
- xPaw 6y ago
  You are on point.
kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
Take their lawyers to court. They're the ones that need to experience a chilling effect for acting in bad faith by signing off on fraudulent claims.
- bozzcl 6y ago
  I wonder if the ACLU or EFF would like to get involved.
- midjji 6y ago
  They would crush any small company in the prelude, even if they didn't intend to. I dont really think that copyright can be fixed, but at the very least we would need new laws to the effect of if you get sued for wrongful dmca, you pay the oppositions legal fees in addition to lost income and you risk losing the ability to make takedowns if the claim was in bad faith or negligent.
  - hedora 6y ago
    Small claims court is also an option. This is a hobby site, after all. It’s also a clear cut case. How many takedown notices have they sent? What percentage got kicked back historically? Non-zero? Then they knew they were sending fraudulant claims. If not, they still knew this claim was fraudulent after the site responded and they kept filing takedowns anyway. Did they address these issues by carefully vetting things they signed under penalty of purgery? Clearly not. The facts speak for themselves. Case closed, I think. I’m not sure you really even need a lawyer (though one would help).
    - ziddoap 6y ago
      If it were as easy and clear-cut as you make it out to be, we wouldn't be seeing these cases pop up all the time, I don't think. There is obviously additional factors at play. Money, for one, but plenty of others as well.
- GauntletWizard 6y ago
  Sega should be taking their lawyers to court. The amount of tarnish to their brand they have garnered from gross incompetence is surely breach of contract somehow.

hvdijk 6y ago

And the followup to that: https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1377021851214417922 https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1377021851214417922 > The issue with SEGA has been resolved!