Game developer Atlus, who make the popular Persona series have issued a DMCA take-down against the developers of popular PS3 emulator RPCS3.
From what Atlus put out publicly:
You might have heard earlier today that we issued a DMCA takedown notice involving emulation developer group RPCS3 and their Patreon page. Yes, it’s true.
They continued on, noting that they want their fans to get the best experience possible. It's a fair point, but this is likely the wrong way to go about it.
Essentially, Atlus are annoyed that people are emulating their games, like Persona 5. So they moved to contact Patreon directly to request they take down the Patreon pages of RPCS3 developers. This is without Atlus first getting in touch with those developers, which is a pretty blunt and nasty tactic in my opinion.
Thankfully, Patreon themselves have denied the request, given the fact that the Patreon page doesn't actually infringe on anyone's copyrights. As an act of caution, all mentions of Persona 5 from the official RPCS3 site and their Patreon pages have been removed.
The RPCS3 developers have said they don't "promote piracy nor do we allow it under any circumstances" and they've asked everyone to be nice about it.
They confirmed that they will continue to work on RPCS3, as I feel they should.
You can read what happened in the RPCS3 developers own words on reddit here. You can also see the official statement Atlus have put on their own site here.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
qptain Nemo Sep 27, 2017
QuoteThey continued on, noting that they want their fans to get the best experience possible.
Does that mean they will bring their Games to Linux? ^_^
Last edited by 1xok on 27 September 2017 at 9:09 pm UTC
Also, the legality of emulators has been tested in court. Bleem died because of legal fees, but they won their case.
But this has nothing to do with "gaming on Linux". That's just general gaming/piracy news.
You can't stop piracy by blunt force. Torrents and cracks abound and any DRM gets broken eventually.
And several studies have shown that if people cant afford something they will pirate. And if they cannot even pirate they will not buy.
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
What they should focus on are grey markets. They harm devs a lot more , but only a few smaller devs woke up to this issue. The big games are still tied to dinosaur publishers and their stone age thinking.
As a former self-admitted pirate , ease of purchase convinced me. Give me a better product , ease of purchase and I will gladly pay for your product. Ship with broken DRM , excessive fees , always online nonsense and well ... the Jolly Roger shall fly my friends. ;)
Last edited by Shmerl on 27 September 2017 at 9:07 pm UTC
charliebrownau Sep 27, 2017
Happened to youtuber pewpewdiesomething
and now this , just weeks apart
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