Slovak independent development studio 3 Division hard days ahead. One fan who was considered a respected member of the community Workers and Resources: Soviet Republicgot angry and through a very strange DMA request, he took care of removing the game from Steam. They are also trying to remove other things related to the title, including trailers and the website.
This person wrote Cosmonaut Mode, a tutorial on how to play the game more realistically., and he believes that it was his work that was used by the creators to create a realistic mode. However, there are more similar and older guides on the game’s official forum. However, the developers did not dispute his contribution, understanding his significant contribution to the community and wanted to add his name to the credits in the next update.
However, according to 3Division, the author of the manual was not satisfied with adding it to the credits until a later date. In addition, he abused the YouTube system by reporting copyright infringement to a Workers & Resources influencer. Then reported the game’s website, and also continued to report official videos on YouTube.. After that, things escalated to such an extent that the game itself was also removed from Steam due to a DMA request. A person claims ownership of the rights to a realistic game mode.
“He literally just created a tutorial with a possible way to play and called it Spaceman Mode,” explains 3Division. “[Jediné]it was useful in that the popularity of its passage showed us how much people want to play the game in a more realistic and difficult way.
In a statement to Kotaku, 3Division states that the situation very anxious. These are people with knowledge of the law. He takes advantage of the fact that he is a lawyer and can prepare and file a lawsuit much cheaper than a Slovak studio.
“So he thinks he can get whatever he wants from us, because we’re not going to file a costly lawsuit. But legally he has no reason to stand his ground, and we will probably fight to the end! In our opinion, he is also at great risk – reputational damage, financial damage, as well as what he does is unethical.. If the game remains banned, it will result in a huge financial loss (in addition to the cost of legal action) for us as well as for Valve…”
“Another aspect that is very upsetting is that the DMCA mechanisms just don’t work, it seems that anyone can claim anything, the service provider is simply forced to remove the content and does not ask or consider at all if the claims are genuine. The signature of a lawyer seems to be enough and everyone is afraid of long and expensive lawsuits, so the content is then deleted, ”the Kotaku studios added.
At 3Division, they work on problem solving. Until then, only those who bought the game before the ban can play Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.
Source :Indian TV
