Homebrew Freeshop gets DMCA'd on Github...

[mariogamer]

So no more updates or cache updates?

It can be updated since lot of people have actually the source. It will take some time to @TheCruel to adapt himself for notabug,but everything could go back.

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Like seriously has not a single person on this forum been DMCA'd before? The repo can literally be reuploaded with a different name and the incriminating stuff removed. When Github DMCA's anything it's always the entire repo no matter what it might actually be. They don't do single file takedowns as they would need to wipe commits and then it gets fucking messy.

Exactly.... (you'r pseudo explain everything )

 

[mehmeh11]

couldn't someone with the files just upload them to another site, or would nintendo notice?

 

[mariogamer]

But....... do we realy know if these are nintendo? Maybe it's a temper that want to see community reaction X)....

 

[dubbz82]

couldn't someone with the files just upload them to another site, or would nintendo notice?

Someone could, but you can bet that nintendo has eyes on forums such as this, and it would likely get DCMA'ed pretty quickly.

 

[Lightyose]

Not if it's pm'ed...

 

[gamesquest1]

github is a reputable site, they are pretty much obligated to comply with legitimate dmca requests, if it was uploaded to a less reputable site then the dmca requests would no doubt be completely ignored

that said gbatemp also does not link to known illegal files, until freeshop is amended to remove the offending files (banner etc) it would have to not be linked to directly

 

[n1-d]

It can be updated since lot of people have actually the source. It will take some time to @TheCruel to adapt himself for notabug,but everything could go back.

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Exactly.... (you'r pseudo explain everything )

Well hey I mean it's true, but in this case TheCruel or whoever reuploads the source, would need to remove the nintendo logo, and then explain in full detail how everything works. Because Nintendo themselves "doesn't believe this".

Nintendo believes the freeShop application circumvents Nintendo's protection measures.

They cannot prove that the freeShop circumvents anything the 3DS wasn't already made to do. It's literally downloading from Nintendo's servers without circumventing anything because there are no security measures in place.

git hub is a reputable site, they are pretty much obligated to comply with legitimate dmca requests, if it was uploaded to a less reputable site then the dmca requests would no doubt be completely ignored

Nah they'll just do the same thing. It's just because we were not careful.

 

[mariogamer]

git hub is a reputable site, they are pretty much obligated to comply with legitimate dmca requests, if it was uploaded to a less reputable site then the dmca requests would no doubt be completely ignored

reputable.... Is this normal that you host source but you aren't open? That's why I love notabug.

Yeah or company would send hem to law... XD

 

[HyperT]

Well hey I mean it's true, but in this case TheCruel or whoever reuploads the source, would need to remove the nintendo logo, and then explain in full detail how everything works. Because Nintendo themselves "doesn't believe this".

Nintendo believes the freeShop application circumvents Nintendo's protection measures.

They cannot prove that the freeShop circumvents anything the 3DS wasn't already made to do. It's literally downloading from Nintendo's servers without circumventing anything because there are no security measures in place.



Nah they'll just do the same thing. It's just because we were not careful.

Was the logo in the source? or just the release(s) due to the buildtools...

 

[n1-d]

Was the logo in the source? or just the release(s) due to the buildtools...

I dunno but what I can tell you is an intern made this call, not Nintendo. Because if it was a real lawyer then they'd have used that logo excuse on just about every single repo that produced a CIA, and used that logo. It's just a bluff which they will win because just about everyone has that logo in their CIA releases.

 

[Joom]

It's a shame that TheCruel probably doesn't have the funds for a proper legal defense. I know that if I did I would fight this. DMCA abuse is bullshit, and in this scenario, Nintendo is being a bully. They know he probably can't properly defend himself, even though they're in the wrong for the most part. The issue about the logo is just nitpicking, though.

 

[dubbz82]

It's a shame that TheCruel probably doesn't have the funds for a proper legal defense. I know that if I did I would fight this. DMCA abuse is bullshit, and in this scenario, Nintendo is being a bully. They know he probably can't properly defend himself, even though they're in the wrong for the most part. The issue about the logo is just nitpicking, though.

The issue about the logo alone is reason enough that he could be buried for years in the courts if he attempted to fight it.

 

[Reaga]

Well, better update my title keys periodically in case they take that site down. They still can't remove the app from my 3DS nor remove title keys from my system.

 

[Svaethier]

The ending where he realizes they probably took down free shop due to the brief appearance in his pokemon prism video xD

 

[Joom]

The issue about the logo alone is reason enough that he could be buried for years in the courts if he attempted to fight it.

Yeah, I know. I was moreso talking about fighting the claim that freeShop's sole purpose is purveying copyrighted content illegally. He most likely wouldn't stand a chance against the claims against the graphical properties, so it'd be kinda pointless for him to fight that.

 

[SirHaxALot]

Dont even try. The logo area AFAIK is the red 3ds logo + the wave animation and NOT the banner.

Well, freeShop also used the copyrighted eShop Logo and Icon, even if it's in modified form, it's still an attack vector for DMCA.

 

[Squirps]

We can still run the application afterwards even though it is taken down however, right? And as for the titlekeys, we can still download all the games from Ninty's servers as long as we have the specific game's title key, correct?

 

[WiiUBricker]

Damn, surely took them long enough. Next is probably ciangel.

 

[N7Kopper]

They COULD tell a legally purchased title apart from any other generic source. That needs analysis of the sort that could bring down all their servers from sheer workload, like what happened with Pokémon Bank oh so long ago, and cost them more money than any piracy would lose them.

Had to say that. Because this is probably the real reason to be honest. A simple check multiplied by millions is a self-inflicted DDoS.

 

[fr3quency]

It can be updated since lot of people have actually the source. It will take some time to @TheCruel to adapt himself for notabug,but everything could go back.

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Exactly.... (you'r pseudo explain everything )

Random, but you need to change that lame signature of yours. rxTools? Really?