10-13-2020, 11:54 PM
Nintendo Lawyers Hit Fan-Made Zelda Game With Fatal Copyright Claim
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<p>Nintendo’s legal team has swooped in once again, filing a copyright claim on a fan-made <strong>Legend of Zelda</strong> game which has forced the project to be entirely delisted.</p>
<p>Well-known modder Kaze Emanuar, who has been releasing a number of unofficial Nintendo-based projects over the last few years, launched a title called ‘The Missing Link’ earlier this year. The game made use of the very same engine from <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</strong></a>, and aimed to bridge the gap between Ocarina, and later N64 title, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_majoras_mask"><strong>Zelda: Majora’s Mask</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The game was available from GitHub, but following the copyright claim, has since been removed. Spotted by <a class="external" href="https://torrentfreak.com/nintendos-lawyers-nuke-the-missing-link-fangame-with-copyright-complaint-201013/">Torrentfreak</a>, the <a class="external" href="https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/65118630cc20620308f54b1801b8615cbd11b8e4">complaint</a> reads as follows:</p>
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<p>“The copyrighted works are the video games in Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda video game franchise, including without limitation the audio-visual works, story lines, characters, and imagery in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (U.S. Copyright Reg. No. PA0000901848), The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (U.S. Copyright Reg. No. PA0001940271), and others.</p>
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<p>Nintendo has reviewed the reported material and does not believe it qualifies as a fair use of Nintendo’s copyright-protected work.”</p>
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<p>It goes on to ask GitHub’s page to be removed, saying that it “provides access to a software file that contains an unauthorized derivative work of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda video game franchise in violation of Nintendo’s exclusive rights.”</p>
<p>It’s worth noting that the complaint only asked for the project’s removal, and didn’t spark a lawsuit or further trouble for the parties involved.</p>
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<p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/10/...b%bfclaim/
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Ocarina" href="https://images.nintendolife.com/2684c03b124a8/ocarina.original.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://images.nintendolife.com/2684c03b124a8/ocarina.900x.jpg" width="900" height="507" alt="Ocarina"></a></figure>
<p>Nintendo’s legal team has swooped in once again, filing a copyright claim on a fan-made <strong>Legend of Zelda</strong> game which has forced the project to be entirely delisted.</p>
<p>Well-known modder Kaze Emanuar, who has been releasing a number of unofficial Nintendo-based projects over the last few years, launched a title called ‘The Missing Link’ earlier this year. The game made use of the very same engine from <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</strong></a>, and aimed to bridge the gap between Ocarina, and later N64 title, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/legend_of_zelda_majoras_mask"><strong>Zelda: Majora’s Mask</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The game was available from GitHub, but following the copyright claim, has since been removed. Spotted by <a class="external" href="https://torrentfreak.com/nintendos-lawyers-nuke-the-missing-link-fangame-with-copyright-complaint-201013/">Torrentfreak</a>, the <a class="external" href="https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/65118630cc20620308f54b1801b8615cbd11b8e4">complaint</a> reads as follows:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“The copyrighted works are the video games in Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda video game franchise, including without limitation the audio-visual works, story lines, characters, and imagery in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (U.S. Copyright Reg. No. PA0000901848), The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (U.S. Copyright Reg. No. PA0001940271), and others.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>Nintendo has reviewed the reported material and does not believe it qualifies as a fair use of Nintendo’s copyright-protected work.”</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>It goes on to ask GitHub’s page to be removed, saying that it “provides access to a software file that contains an unauthorized derivative work of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda video game franchise in violation of Nintendo’s exclusive rights.”</p>
<p>It’s worth noting that the complaint only asked for the project’s removal, and didn’t spark a lawsuit or further trouble for the parties involved.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/10/...b%bfclaim/