You may have noticed that Meme Run mysteriously disappeared from the eShop yesterday. Its disappearance surprised many as there was no prior notice of the game being pulled by Nintendo from the store. Thankfully someone on Reddit has clarified why the game was pulled and it was actually due to a copyright claim. You can read all about it, right here.
To keep it brief, I own the copyright to the Trollface image, and seeing as the image was the ‘star’ of Meme Run, I sent a DMCA takedown notice to Nintendo and want to try and settle the matter amicably. I don’t really intend to have a discussion on fair use or explain my motivations beyond the fact that my business with other parties compels me to make sure that instances of copyright infringement are addressed and resolved. Typically the result in these matters is simply having the use of the image be credited, recovering some kind of monetary compensation, or simply have it removed from the work.
To that end, takedown notices are a necessary first step to quickly open a direct line of communication with the offending party and work on remedying the situation.
I did try to reach out to the creator earlier this year and obtain the information I needed, but he claimed that he was not at liberty to speak about his relationship with Nintendo or any of the particulars regarding the game’s sales data. My lawyer had been busy working on another case (which I am actually not at liberty to talk about lest I void the terms of our agreement) and I prefer to let him handle the matter of my legal representation, so I sort of dragged my feet on actually setting this in motion so he could wrap up our current case.
Thanks, MasterPikachu6
Whoever this imbecile is protecting this garbage is just pathetically hilarious…
Oh CATTLE COMMANDER! You silly young human you!
Don’t address me in public you silly ape…
So it’s offical! The commander is actually a young human. I welcome you back to reality.
That’s it?…
0:49…
I’m not getting what you’re trying to show.
LISTEN 2 JACK PAROW!
Huzzah!
Meme Run was not good with copyright and piracy at all. I’m happy Nintendo pulled it off.
Well, I saw this coming.
That’s funny
BWA HA HA!
I dunno which is funnier!
The guy claiming to have “copyright” of the damn troll face,
or that the stupid game got taken down.
Well, technically, he does have copyright over any creative properties he creates for about 70-ish years (I forget the exact number). All he wanted was some credit, as is common in any artistic or creative fields/industries. Even a simple thanks to NASA for providing pictures of the Earth for reference is common. He contacted Nintendo to take Meme Run down, rightfully, since the developer took tons of people’s creative properties without giving any of them credit. Maybe this will be a slap in the face to actually communicate with the people you borrow from.
Good it was a piece of shit to begin with
Lmao wow ! Someone actually owns the troll face
Lol actually all that shit is copyrighted, but looks like some people didn’t know it, lol that’s sad.
Anyway, i hope Nintendo learned the lesson, that scam was meant to be on newgrounds not o the eShop.
http://youtu.be/P2fmZ2C2CdA
da fuck is wrong with you stop spamming that shit
Skip to 0:23 http://youtu.be/b-yJBsjatW0
so how many youtube video’s are gonna be taken down because people make money from those
That fucktard hired a fucking lawyer to defend a fucking trollface…what the fuck?
We all know the troll face creator did this because he didn’t want his creation to be in this abomination of a game.
Lol sooner or later scalpers will sell a Wii U with Meme Run pre installed at high prices… XD
-.- I don’t think you understand what a scalper is
Indians?
They already did that with Flappy Bird when it was taken down… Sad thing is… They were successful?!?!
This man copyrighted a troll face… He literally has a lawyer to defend a fucking troll face… I’m done. I now know this world is filled with a bunch of retards.
And it only took you this long to figure it out?
lol Yeah but I just didn’t want to lose hope! XD
They may defend by saying there was no indication ( © ) on any images outside the game.
Maybe.
lmfao copyrighting a damm trollface….. mind blown
Moron!
F4got
Can’t even spell right and calls people a moron
Regardless whether it’s a troll face, it’s owned by the creator. I had no fucking clue why it was made in the first place and I consider it an abomination. It’s like the Trolls flag for their victories. Fuck them trolls, period.
Now regarding the game… well, I could care less about it but what about those who enjoyed it? It’s a mediocre game but it had its fans and the YouTube videos gained insane views. How will this affect them? Well, search for new content I suppose but this game will most likely go on other platforms so I doubt it’ll disappear. If it does well too bad for those looking to buy it but in my case, good riddance.
Also if Scalpers indeed sell Wii U’s with a pre-downloaded Meme Run and sell at a high price… and people actually bid for it, I’ll be wondering for a long while… just where the fuck is the value.
I noticed it was gone, but I never would have guessed it was for a copyright claim, however sketchy.
I thought it was Nintendo’s own doing because they finally realized what a piece of crap Meme Run is in the first place.
http://youtu.be/P2fmZ2C2CdA
That troll face gives Donko a lot of nightmares. Lmfao
I saw this coming.
By US law, just because something’s open in the internet doesn’t automatically mean that it’s in public domain.
The person suing Meme Run’s taking advantage of this fact.
Horrible game never deserved to be on a Nintendo console. Hopefully Nintendo has learned their lesson not to accept any trash thats thrown at their feet.
Troll face is trash too, and it only became popular because it was a free to use picture for youtubers without getting a fucking copyright strike! lmaoo Once he starts pushing copyright cases people will stop using the troll face, and it’s popularity will fall!! What a fucking dumbass!
http://youtu.be/P2fmZ2C2CdA
i visited that guys deviantart he is actually not proud of making the trollface image. bsides that shitty game had it coming
http://youtu.be/P2fmZ2C2CdA