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Dev says "false DMCA" from Microsoft got their sandbox game removed from Steam over apparent Minecraft copyright, all because of a screenshot of birch trees (www.gamesradar.com)

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Unomelon, the developer of Minecraft-inspired sandbox game Allumeria, says a DMCA from Microsoft, evidently related to Minecraft, got the game removed from Steam.

"The Allumeria Steam page is currently down because Microsoft has filed a false DMCA claim on it," Unomelon said on Bluesky on Tuesday. "They sent an email earlier today claiming that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. I am taking a moment to figure out what my path is going forward, will update soon."

The screenshot in question (above) is a simple wide shot of a forest filled with birch trees, what look to be oak trees with green and autumnal leaves, and a few pumpkins and weeds checkering the grassy dirt. There are definitely some similarities to Minecraft; if you told me this was a screenshot of a Minecraft mod, I'd probably believe you, but that's true of many voxel-based games, including Hytale.

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[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I have no doubt that in law and the wealth of microsoft to argue in court that could indeed do that.

But my point is that there was an established public agreement with mojang. It could be raised as a legal defence that you where given permission pre-microsoft.

And also that this law is dumb as fuck.

Here is a screenshot of infiniminer (2009)

You could show that to people and they would say it looks like minecraft,

If infiniminer has sued during the minecraft browser version days it would never even have gotten the chance to become what it is now.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Oh yeah, for sure, by no means was what I said in dissent in any way to what you said. More of an aside or tidbit.

The fact that they had an... established public agreement is just even more messed up when companies arbitrarily decide "nope, we're gonna fuck you in the ass suddenly now". Sometimes, companies even have explicit public agreements to or not do stuff. So when this type of thing happens against previous understanding for said company's self interest and they just happen to have more money than you do to back up what may even be a court case in your favor, but it would otherwise bankrupt you, it really paints a certain picture.

It's the Microslop way.