Month: June 2024

Der Traum des dänischen Autoherstellers Fisker ist wieder mal geplatzt. Doch auch andere Neugründungen kämpfen mit Schwierigkeiten. Eine Analyse von Dirk Kunde (Elektroauto, Wirtschaft)

Um sichere und gesunde Arbeitsweisen im Homeoffice zu fördern, hat das Bundesarbeitsministerium Empfehlungen für hybride Arbeitsumgebungen herausgegeben. (Homeoffice, Wirtschaft)

Die Ukraine setzt auf künstliche Intelligenz, um die Aufgabe der Beseitigung unzähliger Landminen in der vom Krieg zerstörten Landschaft zu bewältigen. (Ukrainekrieg, KI)

Laut DPD hat es einen nicht autorisierten Zugriff gegeben, bei dem Kundendaten wie Namen, Postanschriften, E-Mail-Adressen und teilweise auch Rufnummern abgegriffen wurden. (Cybercrime, Datenschutz)

Mercedes-Benz hat die europaweite Einführung der automatischen Spurwechselfunktion für eine Vielzahl seiner Modelle angekündigt. (Mercedes Benz, Auto)

Einer der OpenAI-Gründer will alles anders machen als bei ChatGPT und eine besonders leistungsfähige KI entwickeln. Die Super-KI soll ohne Risiko für Menschen sein. (KI, Wissenschaft)

Wie sich Microsoft Copilot nahtlos in Governance- und Change-Management-Prozesse integrieren lässt, um optimale Ergebnisse zu erzielen, zeigt dieses Onlineseminar der Golem Karrierewelt. (Golem Karrierewelt, KI)

Nintendo has been very active on the anti-piracy front recently, targeting emulators, ROM sites, and other piracy-associated services and tools.

Not all alleged pirates are equal, however. In fact, one could argue that some are among Nintendo’s biggest fans.

A takedown request from Nintendo, sent to GitHub a few hours ago, is a good illustration. The DMCA notice doesn’t identify any pirated games or emulators, but targets a fan-created software tool that allows fans of the game Rhythm Heaven to create their own remixes.

These remixes appear to be quite popular among fans of the game, as evidenced by the many videos floating around on YouTube and social media. Unfortunately, Nintendo is no fan of this activity, as the tool also includes copyrighted sprites and sound effects from the official game.

Nintendo Targets Heaven Studio

The popular remix tool Heaven Studio uses these Nintendo-owned items in its software, without permission, which prompted Nintendo to ask GitHub to remove the repository’s sprite and SFX folders.

“The copyrighted works are Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven video games, including the characters, images, music, and sounds covered by at least the following U.S. Copyright Registration Nos: PA0001791194 (Rhythm Heaven) and PA0001791783 supp. by PA0001397418 (Rhythm Heaven Fever),” the notice reads.

The takedown notice doesn’t target the entire repository, only the sprites and SFX files. In addition, Nintendo wants the same content removed from all forks, more than 250 in total.

Entire Repo Removed

Interestingly, Nintendo got more than it bargained for. In response to the takedown request, GitHub removed the entire Heaven Studio repository and all forks, that’s 291 in total.

This isn’t accidental, as the following statement from GitHub clarifies.

“Because the parent repository was actively being forked when this DMCA takedown notice was received, and the submitter had identified all known forks at the time they submitted the takedown notice, GitHub processed the takedown notice against the entire network of 291 repositories, inclusive of the parent repository.”

Game’s Not Over Yet

The Heaven Studio developers were taken aback by this removal. The team is not entirely sure if the takedown notice is ‘legitimate’ but they don’t seem intent on protesting it directly. For now, they’re making nightly builds of their code available at Archive.org.

“While we are unsure if the takedown is legitimate, at this point we aren’t taking any chances. While the project is currently being restructured, you can get the latest Nightly builds at [archive.org],” they write.

There are some suggestions that the takedown notice could be fake. This seems to be a common theme in response to Nintendo takedowns, but we don’t immediately see obvious signs of abuse.

Interestingly, this isn’t the first time that Heaven Studio has been targeted by the Japanese game company. The developers previously posted full releases of their tool on Itch.io, but these were pulled offline by a Nintendo DMCA notice too.

In the Heaven Studio Discord channel, which has more than 40,000 members, users are encouraged to share their concerns with GitHub. Regardless of whether that will do anything or not, the developers are not planning to give up anytime soon.

There is talk about a “Plan B”. What this entails precisely isn’t clear but if we take Nintendo’s DMCA notice as a guideline, bringing back the software without the copyrighted sprites and sound effect files might work.

In any case, it doesn’t appear to be game over just yet.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Amazons derzeit meistgekaufter HiFi-Verstärker ist der AK-45. Der Audioverstärker für Stereo unterstützt Bluetooth und kostet keine 32 Euro. (Bluetooth, Technik/Hardware)