Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
Where can I download the newest DSfix? I just wiped everything off my HDD and want to reinstall Dark Souls with DSfix on the steamworks version
DSFix 2.3 taken down after DMCA complaint [Up: Was mistake; being resolved]
- Thread starter Durante
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CertifiedFP
Member
Well, they were stupid enough to rename their western branches to Bandai Namco even though their entire western brand recognition rested on Namco.
Imagine if we had Enix-Square instead of Square-Enix when Enix's brand recognition outside of Japan wasn't much more than "Those guys who published Tri-Ace's games."
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I don't think you thought well that comparasion .
VibratingDonkey
Member
Mellow greetings, fellow citizen! What appears to be your boggle is time zones.
haha that response
Ace!
Come on now. Don't tell people there exists a world outside of the states. You do know that last time anyone mentioned it <insert deity> pressed the reset button.
The Shogun
Banned
Did they just declare war on PC GAF?
Cause we aren't gonna back down mutha fucka!!!!
Cause we aren't gonna back down mutha fucka!!!!
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I'm not sure what Bandai has to do with Bloodborne? Also that kinda seems premature with what we've learned about the company that struck the copyright claim.
ThaiGrocer
Member
It could be overzealous lawyers just trying too hard keep their job secure.
CertifiedFP
Member
Dark Souls 2 I can understand, but did you miss the memo that Bloodborne is being published by Sony?
I wouldn't hit Bloodborne over this, Bandai Namco's not involved with that and I wouldn't be surprised if From wasn't involved with this DMCA thing happening. It's like hating a girlfriend/boyfriend of a person you REALLY hate even though they had nothing to do with whatever angered you and may have even broken up.
That comparison doesn't even make sense. Bandai is nothing like Enix in North America.
Bandai Namco isn't only in the business of making video games. A huge part of their profit share is also from toys, which Bandai plays a much more pronounced role in than Namco.
People need to do their background research before jumping to conclusions.
Source: http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/ir/annual/pdf_bnh/en_2014_9.pdf (document pages 2 and 3/pages 4 and 5 of PDF).
Dragon1893
Member
WTF?! This is unreal.
I was just reading the gaf fail awards thread and as if this year didn't have enough bullshit already, now I see this.
Fuck you Bandai Namco. Fuck you!
I was just reading the gaf fail awards thread and as if this year didn't have enough bullshit already, now I see this.
Fuck you Bandai Namco. Fuck you!
Mister Wilhelm
Member
This is one of the most anti-consumer, stupid, incompetent, greedy things I have ever seen in my life.
The irony is staggering.
The irony is staggering.
The Shogun
Banned
I honestly think this is something worth GAF uniting over to send a message to Namco about. Whether its Twitter or other means...
Durante is a badass who fixes developers broke ass PC games and helps the community. They can get the fuck out of here with this bull shit.
Durante is a badass who fixes developers broke ass PC games and helps the community. They can get the fuck out of here with this bull shit.
Chiggs
Gold Member
ah, had no idea Sony was publishing Bloodborne. Been on a half-assed media blackout for it, haha.
Sounds about right.
I don't know why people like to become madly hysterical on this forum.
"F*CK YOU Namco. What an incompetent, greedy company. I'm NEVER buying anything from you EVER again. Except you'll see me in the Dark Souls 3 hype thread."
Like seriously calm down, lol.
Tizoc
Member
Far as I can see only DS1 suffered from the issues. Didn't DS2 and their recent PC output turn out fine?
I do agree that that's BS what's going on and hopefully this gets resolved soon.
All of you people overreacting after Namco has said they'd look into it are amazing.
Its highly probable that someone low in the foodchain over there was tasked with pulling (by sending DMCAs) the debug exes and happened to not know what DSFix was.
It'll get resolved. We'll all carry on.
Its highly probable that someone low in the foodchain over there was tasked with pulling (by sending DMCAs) the debug exes and happened to not know what DSFix was.
It'll get resolved. We'll all carry on.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
But you know in stupid situations like these no better kick in the ass like knee jerk reactions taking to the internet like a sea of flames to get shit fixed.
That's how things work now. There was an uproar regarding Youtube's policies a while back, too.
Christmas is Thursday; at the time I made that post, the latest it was anywhere on Earth was 5:12 PM on Tuesday. Heck, it's still more than 3 hours before UTC+14 hits Christmas Eve.
Geography lesson: the main part of the US stretches across multiple time zones. Many of us regularly communicate with people across those zones, so we are aware of how they work.
It's a bummer that companies can just say "I don't like that file" and they shut down someone's dropbox over it. Dropbox doesn't even investigate, just block now, check later?
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/
I hope this happens just so Durante can sue the living crap out of them.
Durante is the hero we need and deserve. Damn you Namco. -_-
That made my morning. Thank you.
Aarglefarg
Member
(It wasn't the 24th in any timezone, it was a little mix-up...)
I was thinking there would have to be some apology but now I'm not sure, acknowledging DSfix could be embarrassing.
I was thinking there would have to be some apology but now I'm not sure, acknowledging DSfix could be embarrassing.
jim2point0
Banned
Somehow I don't think Durante would ever do that. I don't think he COULD do that.
This is what our corporate overlords have decreed, and thus it was made law by their humble servants in the US-government in the form of the blessed DMCA.
NeOak
Member
With DMCA stuff, it's never too early.
More or less. Honestly the fact that the DMCA is from the GERMAN branch would send off red signals. If they were targeting this debug exe thing then this was just an unfortunate mistake that will get sorted.
Tanooki_Suit_Up
Neo Member
Much obliged for the mirror hosting, I got DS1 recently on a Steam sale, (haven't played it yet) and had no idea it was completely fucked by default until this controversy came up online. Glad I got in under the door as it closed.
[Lawyer.hat]
Durante, I dunno if you have legal counsel on this, but you should, it doesn't sound like a terribly hard issue to resolve. I don't handle copyright matters myself, but would be happy to do some legal research for you if you don't have any other options.
[/Lawyer.hat]
[Lawyer.hat]
Durante, I dunno if you have legal counsel on this, but you should, it doesn't sound like a terribly hard issue to resolve. I don't handle copyright matters myself, but would be happy to do some legal research for you if you don't have any other options.
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Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Just an email from Twitter about this crap. This made no sense.
xemumanic
Member
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Well, yes, from a user POV it sucks, but from a service provider POV it's a pretty good trade-off; you get to do whatever you want, don't need to take any real affirmative effort to block infringing files, but as long as you react somewhat efficiently you have no liability. You can even make money from infringing content in the mean time.
If I'm Dropbox, I absolutely prefer the DMCA to a system where I have to make judgment calls that could leave me liable.
The real loophole in the system is not service providers honouring takedowns, but the fact that there's no penalty at all if a user does a successful counter-takedown, so there' s no incentive for content providers not to takedown virtually everything that isn't on its face abusive. If third party content protection companies faced legal liability for issuing frivolous takedown notices (say, they could be billed $50 per failed notice as a penalty for abuse of process) the entire system would stop in its tracks. Alas...
Good point, there should be a pretty severe penalty for unsubstantiated claims. But that is not what our corporate overlords have decreed. Just another step on the roadmap to consumers owning nothing and corporations owning everything.