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Sonia Selerska, 07 July 2022, 13:41

The modder responsible for, among other things, GTA 5 VR has been accused by Take-Two of copyright infringement. Will the matter end up in a settlement or abandoning the project?

Hubert Sledziewski, 31 January 2022, 11:58

Nintendo has blocked more than 1,300 videos with music from its games that were shared by a YouTube user nicknamed GilvaSunner. The author claims that he did not make any money from the content.

Angelika Kaldus, 01 June 2021, 15:38

Nintendo has won in court against the owner of the RomUniverse website, who was accused of copyright infringement. Now, Matthew Storman must pay millions of dollars.

Bart Swiatek, 02 April 2021, 14:26

Activision has sent a DMCA complaint - a charge of copyright infringement - against a Twitter account belonging to Video Games Chronicle. The cause is a post regarding a leak related to Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.

Paul Wozniak, 16 November 2020, 19:26

The problems with music copyright on Twitch continue. A few days ago, the platform's technical support suggested that in order to avoid problems with licensed game tracks, you should disable audio from a given game during streams.

Paul Wozniak, 26 October 2020, 20:28

Last week, most of the streamers operating on Twitch.tv deleted all their stream recordings and clips. Such moves were caused by problems with copyrights for musical works used by the creators.

Bart Swiatek, 05 June 2020, 11:22

In a Twitter post, singer Lotte Kestner accused Naughty Dog of illegally using her version of True Faith in the trailer of The Last of Us: Part II. The cover contains fragments that are not in the original song.

Conrad Hazi, 30 May 2019, 14:50

3D Realms Studio was sued by Iron Maiden Holdings for trademark infringement, relating to the creation of the Ion Maiden brand. The lawsuit against the game developers is for two million dollars.

Bart Swiatek, 15 May 2019, 15:16

Adobe has informed customers using Creative Cloud software that using older versions of the application may expose them to a third-party lawsuit. The case is relevant to the ongoing lawsuit and illustrates how small little rights are given to the end users by licence agreements.

Bart Swiatek, 09 April 2019, 13:55

A Croatian musician claims CD Project RED infringed on his copyrights by including a certain song in the soundtrack to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Neither CDPR, nor the band Percival Schuttenbach offered a clarification so far.

Adrian Werner, 11 March 2019, 14:43

Epic Games can rest easy. The four celebrities that filed cases against the company have withdrawn their lawsuits for copyright infringement and illegal use of their dance choreographies in Fortnite.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 February 2019, 19:14

US patent office responded to Alfons Ribeiro's claim of alleged copyright infringement in Fortnite using the Fresh emote. According to patent examiners, a short, simple dance does not fall under copyright law, rendering the claim invalid.

Frozen, 18 December 2018, 15:27

A court case is underway against Epic Games and 2K Games, relating the illegal use of the iconic Carlton dance.

Mathias Zulpo, 04 October 2018, 00:32

Andrzej Sapkowski, the man who wrote The Witcher saga, demands $16 million from CD Projekt RED, the developer who created The Witcher gaming franchise - more than a decade after he peacefully sold the rights to the company.