TorrentFreak reports that in response to an ongoing DMCA copyright infringement lawsuit involving several popular Roblox games, Roblox’s legal team opposed an injunction that would force the company to release personal information of up to 420,000 people. users.
Christopher Boomer, developer of Roblox Weight Lifting Simulator 2 and Muscle Legends, claims that other platform developers cloned his games and copied his work to receive rewards in the form of tens of millions of views.
In the subpoena, Boomer’s legal team requested information sufficient to identify the owners and operators of the infringing URLs, including the real names of the creators and operators, phone numbers, and IP addresses. The subpoena also requested information about individuals associated with specific development groups associated with the alleged breach and about 10 specific Roblox users that Boomer suspects are directly involved.
Overall, the number of people potentially affected by the summons would be around 460,000 users, according to TorrentFreak data.
A California court issued a subpoena on July 11, based on Roblox’s objections, and Boomer’s legal team served it on July 12. This gave Roblox just 10 days to provide the information. Rather than comply, Roblox posted his response on July 21.
First, noting that the short return period was “particularly unreasonable,” Roblox’s legal team later objected to the blanket lawsuits. The company claims that some of the information requested is not related to alleged copyright infringement, some material does not exist in a production format or is not available due to excessive charge or cost, and that the requests do not comply with what required by the DMCA. . It also suggests that some of the information may not be available to Roblox or may be more readily available through other means.
The objection then proceeds to the specific examination of each application. Regarding copyright-infringing URLs, Roblox noted that the subpoena did not have time to notify alleged infringers so they could resolve the issues, citing case law on copyright claims on Reddit and Twitter.
In response to a court request to provide identifying information on group members, Roblox dismissed the request as “excessive” because it would have required the disclosure of information about thousands of people that Boomer’s team had not correctly identified as the alleged perpetrators. Ultimately, the company objected to releasing information about the alleged perpetrators, saying there was no documentation to show that Boomer’s legal team informed them and gave them time to resolve the issues. As a result, Boomer’s legal team was also unable to label these users as “alleged infringers.”
Taken together, it is clear that the main problem with Roblox is that the subpoena request is too broad and will affect many people who were not involved in the alleged crime. Large social media companies come under scrutiny when faced with subpoenas demanding the release of personal information, as they must balance those demands with considerations of user privacy. So it’s no surprise that Roblox has taken the position that running a query that potentially identifies hundreds of thousands of innocent users is too broad. As the dispute progresses, there could be serious ramifications when the court determines what disclosures Roblox’s DMCA will require.
However it works, it is clear that Roblox is committed to protecting user privacy. If you’re looking for new Roblox games to try, check out our guide to the best Roblox games in 2022 and be sure to use these Roblox promo codes for July to get a new avatar.
Source : PC Gamesn
