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Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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I think it's kind of ridiculous to take down assets that don't hurt your bottom line and aren't being sold for profit and it's crazy that he doesn't see it that way too.
You can lose rights to your IP if you don’t take steps to enforce it.
There is no universe where Nintendo are not going to clamp down on this kind of thing.
Rightly or wrongly. They’ve been doing it for years so I don’t get why anyone is surprised it’s happening now.
I'd like to think there is a universe where Nintendo and other companies recognize the value that these add to their brands and proactively issue free licenses to use the IP as a component of how they maintain and enforce rights.