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Steam stops indie developer from releasing a game for infringing the copyright of his own work

Eurogamer.net·Vikki Blake·29 days ago
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Image credit: Daikichi_EMP / Digital Ramen Studio A Japanese indie developer has been blocked from selling his game on Steam for copyright infringement, despite owning the copyright to the IPs Steam believed has been infringed. As Daikichi_EMP prepared to release a playable demo of his new title, Wired Tokyo 2007, Steam blocked the release on the grounds it could be infringing a "third-party intellectual property". WIRED TOKYO 2007. Watch on YouTube Valve pointed out that some screenshots of the game contain "board game objects" from board games Second Best and Dinostone, which is true. However, they too were developed by Daikichi, albeit under different names – and the developer doesn't know how to prove it. Daikichi shared the conundrum on X/Twitter , and the story was picked up by Japanese games site, Game Spark . "I'm sorry to everyone for the delay in the Steam demo review," the developer wrote on social media, as translated via machine (thanks, Automaton ).…

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