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Various sources that were traced back to who apparently went after AM2R. AM2R, blogs, and Reddit pretty much found out who did it. It came from a law firm in Cali that is well known, and used Trademark against him to shutdown the project.

Though the Author spoke out today, and said that he actually didn't get a DMCA, and the project itself was actually fine, but there is a lot of weirdness going on right now.

EDIT:

Extra link:
http://am2r.freeforums.org/dmca-counter-claim-t1496.html

Sources:
https://seafoamgaming.com/2016/08/07/noa-isnt-your-enemy-regarding-the-am2r-takedown/

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=212806017

https://seafoamgaming.com/2016/08/08/is-nintendos-nature-towards-a2mr-worrying/

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No, I'm not suggesting that all companies do that, but I'm saying that fan projects should not have to be looked down on for almost any circumstance. I would hate to see the day when Blackmoon Prophecy for example actually got attacked, and taken down because that would leave a bad taste in everyone's mouths.

author=Red_Nova
Make a Metroid-like game and base the hero off the faulty Samus Amiibo!

I saw what you did there, Pizza, and have been trying to think of a clever rad pun on your name. I'll get back to you on that!

author=Kaliesto
I fear for them too. In this day, and age I think fan works need the help from gamers to talk about this to update the copyright law where both parties can be happy because really Fan-works don't really hurt anyone in my opinion (unless it's something grotesque).

Fangames absolutely hurt the original products because a consumer can choose to play a fangame INSTEAD of playing the official game, thereby hurting sales of the official product.

Fan art and fiction, while still not legally protected (unless exempted by Fair Use, which is a whole different can of worms), is less damaging because is does not devalue the original work nearly as much as a 1:1 recreation of said work. Seeing a picture of Samus generally wouldn't stop someone from buying a Metroid game.

Then what am'I to make of Street Fighter x Megaman, and all those other MM fan games that came after? Capcom for the most part pretty much accepted that scene, and it has not damaged Capcom's image in any way. What am'I to make that fan project called Black Mesa that was for Half-Life that got worked to be part of the story? What am'I to make of Sonic Mania that actually was a Fan-project gone official? What am'I to make of the RE2-fan team that got hired by Capcom to do the real deal?

The only thing doing the damage is Draconian Trademark laws, and their army of lawyers that puts a official company at gunpoint because they are pissing off their Shareholders (where the developers are gagged to accept with their procedures), and attack their fans left and right?

I'm not arguing against you, and I see your point of view as well, but I just disagree this stuff is actually harming anything. I'm just pointing out how draconian trademark has become as of late.

I'm telling you if this keeps happening that fan-games won't be a thing anymore, and tarnishes the fan spirit. The PR damage is done, and now Nintendo is going to have to deal with their fans even though it was some random Lawyer in California that did it independently which tells me some Shareholder went after him.

I've been pretty sore about the whole thing last night, but I got a better perspective what actually happened. Nintendo didn't actually do anything, but some butthurt Shareholder who couldn't get his four-course meal out of it. In a way I've grown tired of the corporate world, and it makes me feel like it's not worth being a fan of a video game company due to the amount of controversies that has been piling up over the years, and seeing their true colors (like mistreating their employees, the suits get most of the income, etc). It is not even the developers fault, but who works over them, and the draconian laws.

I hope that counter-claim that AM2R might actually do ends up winning because it would be a major blow to the suits. It's about time someone stood up to them. If it ends up pissing off people who like to follow those draconian laws then so be it, I think a change needs to happen.

I actually like the idea of a RMN card game based on the users, and our misao..? it's called? would be incorporated somehow.

That would be very neat.

Speaking of eyesight, my understanding it is not wise to have laptop brightness high up or it's light's out for the eyes (your basically staring at a mini-sun). I always keep my laptop brightness at a safe level.

Btw I forgot to ask..are there like rare moderators on here? I thought I saw one I've never seen before.

After all these years, LockeZ has changed his avatar into something entirely different!