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• Dmca counter notice code#

I believe Take-Two’s claim to be wholly incorrect if this is the case, since the code may be functionally identical, but not exactly identical, they hold no claim to the code. “It would appear that the code in the re3 repo is reverse engineered, not a straight decompilation. Since it’s not copied verbatim, he believes that the game publisher can’t claim it as theirs. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the developer says that the reverse-engineered code is not completely identical to Take-Two’s original. “This should not have happened,” he informed GitHub. Last month, Theo submitted a counter-notice, arguing that his fork was taken down without a proper reason. One of these forks was created by a New Zealand-based developer named Theo, who, unlike the main developers, decided to take a stand. There were more than 200 forks that were pulled offline too. The DMCA takedown notice didn’t just target the official GitHub repository. Under US law, reverse-engineering can be seen as fair use, but this area is a bit of a minefield that could open the door to an expensive legal battle. When the news first broke, project leader “aap” said that the team was considering possible options to restore the code. The use of our copyrighted content in these links are unauthorized and it should be removed immediately,” Take-Two Interactive wrote. “The content in the links below consists of copyrighted materials owned by Take-Two. A few days after “Re3” and “reVC” were posted on GitHub, the game publisher took them offline, claiming copyright infringement. GTA fans welcomed the releases with open arms but the same can’t be said for Take-Two Interactive. Take-Two Takes Down Reverse-Engineered GTA Code

Importantly, however, an official copy of the games was still required for the code to work properly since game assets are not included. The reverse-engineered code opens the door to many tweaks and modifications that make the old games much more playable on modern computers. In February, a group of developers released “Re3” and “reVC,” two fully reverse-engineered releases of the GTA III and Vice City games, which originally came out two decades ago.