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samuel honer
Reflecting on Grand Theft Auto 3 Reverse Engineering Lawsuits While The Practice Still Happens
It should come as no surprise that rights holders of video games often go after those who modify their games or release fangames. However, I rarely see these lawsuits go beyond a DMCA notice and the other party following said notice. Most of the time, the potentially infringing party complies with the DMCA, and you […]
Orphan Works Protection Isn’t Enough to Save 20,000 Anime Film/TV Masters from Destruction (They’re fine for now)
I felt like posting this saga once enough time passed when an anime restoration and archiving company closed down and had to figure out what to do with thousands of anime film masters or destroy them. Few companies are capable of storing film masters, and Tokyo Lab was one such company. Film Masters are […]