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Brewster T. Koopa [PSA] False flaggers on the Garry's Mod Workshop. 2/2 (1)

Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa 2/2 3. addons are being cherry picked, ranging from Mario, to Pokemon, to Smash Bros, and even then, not all of them are too specific. Whoever is doing this is abusing the copyright system the workshop has in place. steamcommunity.com/app/4000/discu... Here is a Discussion to the topic. garry's mod [PSA] Nintendo-related mods are being DMCA'd by Nintendo themselves, unfortunately.... From steamcommunity.com 3:52 AM - Feb 12, 2024 - 12.3K Views
Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa 2/2 3. addons are being cherry picked, ranging from Mario, to Pokemon, to Smash Bros, and even then, not all of them are too specific. Whoever is doing this is abusing the copyright system the workshop has in place. steamcommunity.com/app/4000/discu... Here is a Discussion to the topic. garry's mod [PSA] Nintendo-related mods are being DMCA'd by Nintendo themselves, unfortunately.... From steamcommunity.com 3:52 AM - Feb 12, 2024 - 12.3K Views

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Brewster T. Koopa [PSA] False flaggers on the Garry's Mod Workshop. 1/2

1/2 Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa We ruled out Nintendo being the culprit because of the following reasons: 1: Gmod Nintendo addons have been around as early as late 2005-early 2006 2: if Nintendo wanted them taken down they'd file a complaint with Valve like Warner did with Harry Potter. 3:50 AM - Feb 12, 2024 - 50.3K Views
1/2 Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa We ruled out Nintendo being the culprit because of the following reasons: 1: Gmod Nintendo addons have been around as early as late 2005-early 2006 2: if Nintendo wanted them taken down they'd file a complaint with Valve like Warner did with Harry Potter. 3:50 AM - Feb 12, 2024 - 50.3K Views

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[PSA] False flaggers on the Garry's Mod Workshop

Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa [PSA] False flaggers on the Garry's Mod Workshop. There is someone, or a group of trolls going around the Gmod workshop filing false DMCA claims and shutting down addons, over 10 Gmod addon makers, myself included have been attacked, with over a dozen of our addons gone. 8:23 069% COMMUNITY Garry's Mod Workshop Garry's Mod > Workshop > Brewster T. Koopa's Workshop Note: A DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement has been filed on this item. Valve will review the complaint and reach out to the person who posted this item and provide details and information on the next steps. Super Mario Galaxy Model Pack Description * 599 ratings 3:49 AM-Feb 12, 2024 -715.9K Views
Brewster T. Koopa @brewsterkoopa [PSA] False flaggers on the Garry's Mod Workshop. There is someone, or a group of trolls going around the Gmod workshop filing false DMCA claims and shutting down addons, over 10 Gmod addon makers, myself included have been attacked, with over a dozen of our addons gone. 8:23 069% COMMUNITY Garry's Mod Workshop Garry's Mod > Workshop > Brewster T. Koopa's Workshop Note: A DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement has been filed on this item. Valve will review the complaint and reach out to the person who posted this item and provide details and information on the next steps. Super Mario Galaxy Model Pack Description * 599 ratings 3:49 AM-Feb 12, 2024 -715.9K Views

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piss brain 31 May 2024 >Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company. I wouldn't even say "cool" company, more like they just don't care enough to do anything about it. People get attached to brands and forget that the companies behind them aren't their buddies. Of course this was going to happen at some point but Nintendoids are so brainwashed by Mario and Zelda that their heckin Nintenderino could never ever ever ever ever do something like this. This is probably baby's first sitewide takedown for a lot of these people, but h--------.
piss brain 31 May 2024 >Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company. I wouldn't even say "cool" company, more like they just don't care enough to do anything about it. People get attached to brands and forget that the companies behind them aren't their buddies. Of course this was going to happen at some point but Nintendoids are so brainwashed by Mario and Zelda that their heckin Nintenderino could never ever ever ever ever do something like this. This is probably baby's first sitewide takedown for a lot of these people, but h--------.

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garry @garrynewman "Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company." garry.net Aaron Peters I thought it would die down, but I'm still getting a ton of dms, voicemails, emails and actual physical hand written... 5:18 PM - May 30, 2024 - 70.3K Views
garry @garrynewman "Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company." garry.net Aaron Peters I thought it would die down, but I'm still getting a ton of dms, voicemails, emails and actual physical hand written... 5:18 PM - May 30, 2024 - 70.3K Views

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Aaron Peters 2 Days Ago, 6,724 views I thought it would die down, but I'm still getting a ton of dms, voicemails, emails and actual physical hand written letters about this. so I thought it would be a good idea to present evidence to shut people up. The Domain There's a claim that the DMCA takedowns are fake because the domain isn't Nintendo's domain, the "-mm" on the end proves that its fake, because a Nintendo domain wouldn't have that. It's an obvious forgery. No-one stopped to ask why use a fake domain at all. Why not just be like "aaron.peters@nintendo.com" - it would be more believable. If they did that, would you think it was real? No? So what difference does it make. Mark Monitor The domain isn't really owned by Nintendo. It's most likely owned by the company they subcontract this stuff to. Rather than pay someone in-house to watch the internet and issue takedowns, they subcontract that to another company. This company is acting on Nintendo's behalf, under the instruction of Nintendo. It makes sense that Nintendo wouldn't want to give them an official email address on nintendo.com-that is not good practice. We know Nintendo use Mark Montior. They talk about it openly and information is available on their official website. Aaron Peters This guy doesn't exist. Well, he might, but I don't think he does. If you look at the history of takedowns, you will notice they started as real Nintendo employees. Then they all switched to Aaron. I would guess that this is because the internet is full of crazies. So it makes sense that you invent a name to be the target of that stuff. Let the internet shout at an empty chair. Confirmation The other small nugget of information that people seem to be ignoring is that multiple people have had confirmation from Nintendo themselves. Including us. You would think that would kind of trump every other conspiracy theory, but for some reason this ARG won't die, even after it's been cremated, and buried. Anger I don't really understand the anger people have shown about this stuff. It doesn't seem logical to me. Maybe I grew up in a different time where IP, trademarks and copyright laws were obvious no brainers. Maybe because of streaming and Steam this generation grew up without real piracy. Maybe they don't understand all that because they can post music and videos in their memes on tiktok and no-one gets p-----. The attitude shouldn't be anger and outrage that it is being stopped; it should be surprise and delight that you got away with it for so long. Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company.
Aaron Peters 2 Days Ago, 6,724 views I thought it would die down, but I'm still getting a ton of dms, voicemails, emails and actual physical hand written letters about this. so I thought it would be a good idea to present evidence to shut people up. The Domain There's a claim that the DMCA takedowns are fake because the domain isn't Nintendo's domain, the "-mm" on the end proves that its fake, because a Nintendo domain wouldn't have that. It's an obvious forgery. No-one stopped to ask why use a fake domain at all. Why not just be like "aaron.peters@nintendo.com" - it would be more believable. If they did that, would you think it was real? No? So what difference does it make. Mark Monitor The domain isn't really owned by Nintendo. It's most likely owned by the company they subcontract this stuff to. Rather than pay someone in-house to watch the internet and issue takedowns, they subcontract that to another company. This company is acting on Nintendo's behalf, under the instruction of Nintendo. It makes sense that Nintendo wouldn't want to give them an official email address on nintendo.com-that is not good practice. We know Nintendo use Mark Montior. They talk about it openly and information is available on their official website. Aaron Peters This guy doesn't exist. Well, he might, but I don't think he does. If you look at the history of takedowns, you will notice they started as real Nintendo employees. Then they all switched to Aaron. I would guess that this is because the internet is full of crazies. So it makes sense that you invent a name to be the target of that stuff. Let the internet shout at an empty chair. Confirmation The other small nugget of information that people seem to be ignoring is that multiple people have had confirmation from Nintendo themselves. Including us. You would think that would kind of trump every other conspiracy theory, but for some reason this ARG won't die, even after it's been cremated, and buried. Anger I don't really understand the anger people have shown about this stuff. It doesn't seem logical to me. Maybe I grew up in a different time where IP, trademarks and copyright laws were obvious no brainers. Maybe because of streaming and Steam this generation grew up without real piracy. Maybe they don't understand all that because they can post music and videos in their memes on tiktok and no-one gets p-----. The attitude shouldn't be anger and outrage that it is being stopped; it should be surprise and delight that you got away with it for so long. Companies letting you use their IP like this isn't the default. When a company lets you get away with using their IP in UGC in another game they're a cool company. When they don't, they're a normal company.

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Final Update re: Clearing up some confusion

Clearing up some confusion Posted by sks316 on May 25, 2024 at 11:25PM. Hi, I helped Vimm with this, and I'm seeing some people still refer to this as the work of a copyright troll. This wasn't the work of a copyright troll. If you read the post, you'll see that Nintendo contracted some of their copyright work to OpSec Security, who used Visual AI to detect infringement and issue takedowns. That makes these claims legitimate, but if you read the quote from the claims, they only wanted the images removed - that's why Vimm was able to put the games back up. I have a strong suspicion that these claims were never even reviewed by a human, but that doesn't make them any less legitimate. I've said it many times, and I'll say it again: Copyright law and AI will be the downfalls of humanity. So, TL;DR: The claims were legitimate, but they were made by AI and only wanted images removed. I hope this clears some things up!
Clearing up some confusion Posted by sks316 on May 25, 2024 at 11:25PM. Hi, I helped Vimm with this, and I'm seeing some people still refer to this as the work of a copyright troll. This wasn't the work of a copyright troll. If you read the post, you'll see that Nintendo contracted some of their copyright work to OpSec Security, who used Visual AI to detect infringement and issue takedowns. That makes these claims legitimate, but if you read the quote from the claims, they only wanted the images removed - that's why Vimm was able to put the games back up. I have a strong suspicion that these claims were never even reviewed by a human, but that doesn't make them any less legitimate. I've said it many times, and I'll say it again: Copyright law and AI will be the downfalls of humanity. So, TL;DR: The claims were legitimate, but they were made by AI and only wanted images removed. I hope this clears some things up!

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Stickied comment FeatherThePirate MOD 10d ago. Parrot It was a DMCA troll, not Nintendo itself. Vote Reply ↑ Share solidsnakes453 OP⚫ 10d ago What does a dmca troll mean? Is it just like a false copyright claim? 30⇓ Reply ↑ Share FeatherThePirate • 10d ago Parrot A copyright troll is a party (person or company) that enforces copyrights it owns for purposes of making money through strategic litigation,[1] in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, sometimes without producing or licensing the works it owns for paid distribution. Critics object to the activity because they believe it does not encourage the production of creative works, but instead makes money through the inequities and unintended consequences of high statutory damages provisions in copyright laws intended to encourage creation of such works.[2] ↑ 59⇓ 4 more replies UnVincent 10d ago Is this confirmed? Reply ↑ Share 43⇓ Reply ↑ Share FeatherThePirate ⚫ 10d ago Parrot Yes, I wouldn't have pinned it if it wasn't 29⇓ Reply ↑ Share
Stickied comment FeatherThePirate MOD 10d ago. Parrot It was a DMCA troll, not Nintendo itself. Vote Reply ↑ Share solidsnakes453 OP⚫ 10d ago What does a dmca troll mean? Is it just like a false copyright claim? 30⇓ Reply ↑ Share FeatherThePirate • 10d ago Parrot A copyright troll is a party (person or company) that enforces copyrights it owns for purposes of making money through strategic litigation,[1] in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, sometimes without producing or licensing the works it owns for paid distribution. Critics object to the activity because they believe it does not encourage the production of creative works, but instead makes money through the inequities and unintended consequences of high statutory damages provisions in copyright laws intended to encourage creation of such works.[2] ↑ 59⇓ 4 more replies UnVincent 10d ago Is this confirmed? Reply ↑ Share 43⇓ Reply ↑ Share FeatherThePirate ⚫ 10d ago Parrot Yes, I wouldn't have pinned it if it wasn't 29⇓ Reply ↑ Share

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Vimm liar 'Final Update' post

Final Update Posted by Vimm on May 25, 2024 at 12:53PM. As promised, here's more on the recent DMCA notices. Last week six notices were sent from brand-protection@mm-nintendo.com with the following text: I write to report that the website listed below includes links to images that infringe on copyrights owned by Nintendo of America Inc. A full list of URLs with infringing images. In addition, the site displays Nintendo's trademarks and other intellectual property (including characters) which is likely to lead to consumer confusion. A list of Vault urls followed. Images in The Vault consist of box scans, disc scans, and title screens. Just to be safe all media was taken offline. I've read lots of speculation this request is fake and people make many good points, yet circumstantial evidence (no matter how juicy) is not proof. Here's some of the biggest claims. 1. mm-nintendo.com is a fake domain that's not owned nor operated by Nintendo. Corporations contract out services all the time. That doesn't make them any less real. mm-nintendo.com is registered by MarkMonitor, a known brand protection company. The operator claims to represent Nintendo of America and Garry's Mod can attest they do. 2. It's a DMCA troll spoofing mm-nintendo.com. Email spoofing is easy to do but nowadays it's just as easy to detect. 3. It's too random to be real and there's obvious mistakes. It must be a troll. Fair point, but there's two little letters nobody's talking about. A. I. Picture a crude bot with lax oversight and suddenly it all makes sense. Look closer and mm-nintendo.com uses opsecsecurity.com for email. One of their services is Protecting Online Brand Identity and Reputation and this feature jumps out: Visual Artificial Intelligence (AI) to spot more forms of infringement. Infringements often manifest in online brand logos, trademarked text, and product imagery. Our platform uses Visual AI to focus on these visual aspects of branding and related media. By augmenting text-based detection, Visual AI is not restricted by channel, and also mitigates emerging threats. Visual AI organizes potential infringements by indicators found in the image for efficiency and enforcement at scale. Sounds perfect for detecting evil screen shots of beloved Nintendo characters. Some of the claims are clearly invalid (like Kamisama no Marionette) but frankly it's not worth poking the bear. Downloads have been restored but to appease Skynet the box scans, disc scans, and title screens of the requested games will remain offline. Vimm In reply to: Weekend Update posted by Vimm on May 19, 2024 at 5:56AM. I've read lots of speculation online and people make some very good points. I'm still piecing things together, but everything's quiet right now and I hope to explain more next weekend.
Final Update Posted by Vimm on May 25, 2024 at 12:53PM. As promised, here's more on the recent DMCA notices. Last week six notices were sent from brand-protection@mm-nintendo.com with the following text: I write to report that the website listed below includes links to images that infringe on copyrights owned by Nintendo of America Inc. A full list of URLs with infringing images. In addition, the site displays Nintendo's trademarks and other intellectual property (including characters) which is likely to lead to consumer confusion. A list of Vault urls followed. Images in The Vault consist of box scans, disc scans, and title screens. Just to be safe all media was taken offline. I've read lots of speculation this request is fake and people make many good points, yet circumstantial evidence (no matter how juicy) is not proof. Here's some of the biggest claims. 1. mm-nintendo.com is a fake domain that's not owned nor operated by Nintendo. Corporations contract out services all the time. That doesn't make them any less real. mm-nintendo.com is registered by MarkMonitor, a known brand protection company. The operator claims to represent Nintendo of America and Garry's Mod can attest they do. 2. It's a DMCA troll spoofing mm-nintendo.com. Email spoofing is easy to do but nowadays it's just as easy to detect. 3. It's too random to be real and there's obvious mistakes. It must be a troll. Fair point, but there's two little letters nobody's talking about. A. I. Picture a crude bot with lax oversight and suddenly it all makes sense. Look closer and mm-nintendo.com uses opsecsecurity.com for email. One of their services is Protecting Online Brand Identity and Reputation and this feature jumps out: Visual Artificial Intelligence (AI) to spot more forms of infringement. Infringements often manifest in online brand logos, trademarked text, and product imagery. Our platform uses Visual AI to focus on these visual aspects of branding and related media. By augmenting text-based detection, Visual AI is not restricted by channel, and also mitigates emerging threats. Visual AI organizes potential infringements by indicators found in the image for efficiency and enforcement at scale. Sounds perfect for detecting evil screen shots of beloved Nintendo characters. Some of the claims are clearly invalid (like Kamisama no Marionette) but frankly it's not worth poking the bear. Downloads have been restored but to appease Skynet the box scans, disc scans, and title screens of the requested games will remain offline. Vimm In reply to: Weekend Update posted by Vimm on May 19, 2024 at 5:56AM. I've read lots of speculation online and people make some very good points. I'm still piecing things together, but everything's quiet right now and I hope to explain more next weekend.

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r/gmod • 4 days ago MrCheggersPartyQuiz An archive of just about every deleted Gmod addon that's ever existed Other ... Until we get a site like SFMlab for third party Gmod downloads or when JBmod gets a workshop of its own or whatever, if you want to see where most Nintendo models are going in the future, then go here. Fair warning, this is an archive of EVERY mod that was ever deleted so you will find stuff that was deleted for a good reason every now & then. archive.org Open ◆ 161 17 די .. Share Add a comment Sort by: Best ✓ Q Search Comments
r/gmod • 4 days ago MrCheggersPartyQuiz An archive of just about every deleted Gmod addon that's ever existed Other ... Until we get a site like SFMlab for third party Gmod downloads or when JBmod gets a workshop of its own or whatever, if you want to see where most Nintendo models are going in the future, then go here. Fair warning, this is an archive of EVERY mod that was ever deleted so you will find stuff that was deleted for a good reason every now & then. archive.org Open ◆ 161 17 די .. Share Add a comment Sort by: Best ✓ Q Search Comments

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