GHDpro
September 27th, 2017, 09:54
This weekend Patreon received a DMCA (copyright infringement) notice for the Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/Nekotekina) for the Playstation 3 emulator RPCS3 (https://www.emulator-zone.com/ps3/rpcs3). They claimed that the emulator was infringing on their copyright as it allows emulation of Persona 5, but in order to do so would require you to bypass their DRM.
Fortunately Patreon realized that taking down funding for an emulator because of a single game doesn't make sense and did not comply with Atlus' request. But to be on the safe side any reference to Persona 5 has been removed from RPCS3's Patreon page and website. More information: Atlus' official statement (http://atlus.com/atlus-and-emulation/), RPCS3 team's response (https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/72lo12/statement_atlus_usa_attempts_to_shut_down/) and this news even made it to Gamasutra (https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/306566/Atlus_tries_fails_to_take_down_Patreon_for_PS3_emu lator_via_DMCA.php).
I guess Atlus now needs to learn that DMCA notices don't quite work that way and also what the Streisand effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) is.
Fortunately Patreon realized that taking down funding for an emulator because of a single game doesn't make sense and did not comply with Atlus' request. But to be on the safe side any reference to Persona 5 has been removed from RPCS3's Patreon page and website. More information: Atlus' official statement (http://atlus.com/atlus-and-emulation/), RPCS3 team's response (https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/72lo12/statement_atlus_usa_attempts_to_shut_down/) and this news even made it to Gamasutra (https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/306566/Atlus_tries_fails_to_take_down_Patreon_for_PS3_emu lator_via_DMCA.php).
I guess Atlus now needs to learn that DMCA notices don't quite work that way and also what the Streisand effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) is.