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News - Drama - Proven Fake: Garry's Mod is removing all Nintendo related content from their workshop due to a takedown from Nintendo

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4000/view/4200245595694413052?l=english Some of you may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down. This is not a mistake, the takedowns came from Nintendo. Honestly, this is fair enough. This is Nintendo's...

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Original thread got locked up before the news was confirmed.

It started with this:

Garry's Mod - Nintendo stuff on Steam Workshop - Steam News

It's Nintendo. Need more be said?

store.steampowered.com

to which Garry Newman further added:


So yeah, fuck Nintendo.

 

[Dacvak]

Lame of Nintendo but also legally understandable. Still sucks, though.

 

[Deft Beck]

It'll probably get rehosted somewhere else. Like mushrooms, archives will pop up anew.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Nintendo is a cancer. Hopefully someone will find a cure.

 

[nial]

Did it really get locked up cuz of a February tweet?

 

[Cobaiye]

Did it really get locked up cuz of a February tweet?

Yeah, very shortsighted decision to do so.

 

[Chupanibre]

It started with this:

Garry's Mod - Nintendo stuff on Steam Workshop - Steam News

It's Nintendo. Need more be said?

store.steampowered.com

to which Garry Newman further added:

 

[TransTrender]

Is Roblox still up?

 

[Cobaiye]

Is Roblox still up?

Considering it took them 20 years to jump down Gmod's throat, give them some more years...

But they'll smell the blood for sure.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Hey ! Nintendo !

 

[stickkidsam]

Nintendo really love taking their ball home.

 

[killatopak]

I swear if Nintendo didn't release bangers frequently, it's probably one of the worst gaming company I ever dealt with.

 

[Kataploom]

Nintendo is a cancer. Hopefully someone will find a cure.

Almost the only company focusing on gameplay instead of cinematic everlasting conversations with NPCs lol.

I don't see the problem btw, I get why people would get mad but that's what it is, what I don't get is why people keep doing these contents, can't they just create their own stuff?

 

[Hudo]

Nintendo is a cancer. Hopefully someone will find a cure.

I think what you meant to say is that copyright and IP ownership laws are horribly broken and fucked and need to be rethought from the ground up.

 

[Cobaiye]

Almost the only company focusing on gameplay instead of cinematic everlasting conversations with NPCs lol.

I don't see the problem btw, I get why people would get mad but that's what it is, what I don't get is why people keep doing these contents, can't they just create their own stuff?

Say you never played Gmod without saying you never played Gmod.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I'll still probly get a Switch 2, But this time it's the last time, and this time I might mean it.

 

[Kataploom]

Say you never played Gmod without saying you never played Gmod.

I never played that thing, still don't see a problem with a company protecting their IPs, it's basically stop making other's games attractive without they not getting rewarded... I like it? No, I just don't care and can see why it would be a problem for allegedly effected company

 

[Cobaiye]

I never played that thing, still don't see a problem with a company protecting their IPs, it's basically stop making other's games attractive without they not getting rewarded... I like it? No, I just don't care and can see why it would be a problem for allegedly effected company

You gotta realize that Gmod isn't just a game, it's a whole subculture of PC gaming based on user-generated content that lets you mix stuff from any IP ever in an innocent way into a huge sandbox made purely and solely to have fun. Content from Nintendo's IP was a huge part of that. Killing Nintendo stuff in Gmod is killing a huge part of PC gaming culture.

 

[Solidus_T]

They really do hate all of their fans dearly.

 

[Kataploom]

You gotta realize that Gmod isn't just a game, it's a whole subculture of PC gaming based on user-generated content that lets you mix stuff from any IP ever in an innocent way into a huge sandbox made purely and solely to have fun. Content from Nintendo's IP was a huge part of that. Killing Nintendo stuff in Gmod is killing a huge part of PC gaming culture.

There you got why they killed it. What would Nintendo take from a service that is using their IPs in a way they can't control? In their eyes it might look like problems waiting to happen when other people start associating Nintendo in whatever shady stuff happening there lol

 

[Cobaiye]

There you got why they killed it. What would Nintendo take from a service that is using their IPs in a way they can't control? In their eyes it might look like problems waiting to happen when other people start associating Nintendo in whatever shady stuff happening there lol

Why wait 20 years to do that considering Gmod's prime has long past ?

This also raises up an ethical question about the whole matter, is it still right to make use of your legal rights if it means killing a culture that has existed for 20 years ?

Culture that, I might add, has never made a dent in the integrity of those IPs, all the contrary.

 

[Kataploom]

Why wait 20 years to do that considering Gmod's prime has long past ?

IDK, ask Nintendo lol

This also raises up an ethical question about the whole matter, is it still right to make use of your legal rights if it means killing a culture that has existed for 20 years ?

WTF? I hope this is trolling... They built around someone else's business, well, yes, if the IP holder don't want that anymore it's ok, whether we like it or not... Too much emotional load in your reasoning, damn...

Culture that, I might add, has never made a dent in the integrity of those IPs, all the contrary.

IDK, ask Nintendo, I know as much as you why, but if I had to guess, it's the mere risk potential what drives them to take these actions, as long as they're not under control they'll fear that

 

[Cobaiye]

Of course I'm emotionaly invested in this, like MANY people I've grew up with Gmod. We're loosing something really big here despite how hard you're trying to downplay it for the sake of a company that absolutely doesn't care about you.

 

[Ribi]

They can DMCA claims all they want. Take em to court let's see it Nintendo. It only takes one.

 

[Solarstrike]

Nintendo is cruel. Garrys Mod has offered more than Nintendo ever has or ever will. Tired of Nintendo's greedy bullsht. It's like they don't want anyone to be inspired by the things they created. It's all about money to them. They have all the money in the world yet they continue to make bad energy and fk with people. F Nintendo and their old masters with their totalitarian ways. Except Miyamoto et-all the talented developers. They are great, the company are aholes

 

[AJUMP23]

Nintendo does what Nintendo wants. They protect their ip fiercely.

 

[Sub_Level]

Muh ip protection from this 20-year-old modding scene lol. Still love ninty games & devs but their corpo heads are so lame.

 

[diffusionx]

You gotta realize that Gmod isn't just a game, it's a whole subculture of PC gaming based on user-generated content that lets you mix stuff from any IP ever in an innocent way into a huge sandbox made purely and solely to have fun. Content from Nintendo's IP was a huge part of that. Killing Nintendo stuff in Gmod is killing a huge part of PC gaming culture.

Nintendo right now:

 

[ReyBrujo]

Why wait 20 years to do that considering Gmod's prime has long past ?

That's copyright law for you. As Hudo said copyright laws are broken especially when considering 75 years is HUGE. So they can act whenever they want, being it on day one or 69 years after Miyamoto's passing.

 

[Solarstrike]

Steam GMod forums blowin up. People are upset and rightfully so. Leave it to Nintendo to garner negative energy. They must harvest it or something

 

[Portugeezer]

Now nobody can accidentally conflate garrys mod with high quality Nintendo games such as Star Fox on Wii U.

 

[Solarstrike]

Nintendo eyeing Deviant Art and Artstation like..

 

[GigaBowser]

 

[Doczu]

Not to play the devils advocate here, but you guys know Nintendo is taking down stuff that is ripped from their games? Not fan created stuff?

 

[KormaChameleon]

 

[darrylgorn]

The world is such a better place now.

Thanks Nintendo!

Spoiler

You piece of shit.

 

[MayauMiao]

Always remember, like any other big corporation, Nintendo isn't your friend.

 

[Deft Beck]

Not to play the devils advocate here, but you guys know Nintendo is taking down stuff that is ripped from their games? Not fan created stuff?

Then, expect the same to happen to VRChat. Where you can explore entire worlds ripped from Nintendo games and walk around as Mario in a bikini.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Then, expect the same to happen to VRChat. Where you can explore entire worlds ripped from Nintendo games and walk around as Mario in a bikini.

 

[Cobaiye]

Then, expect the same to happen to VRChat. Where you can explore entire worlds ripped from Nintendo games and walk around as Mario in a bikini.

Good luck to them going through all the user-generated avatars, especially when they're private.

 

[mckmas8808]

Lame of Nintendo but also legally understandable. Still sucks, though.

Exactly my take as well. It sucks that Nintendo is so bad at game preservation. But it is legally understandable.

 

[Zannegan]

Get Ready for Mario Maker: 3D World then, I suppose.