Major Indie developers have lunged in complaints at YouTube’s polemic new copyright detection policies after various false copyright claims on videos of their games. Mike Bithell, creator of puzzle platform game Thomas Was Alone, hit out at an outfit referred to as ‘Indmusic’ – that describes itself as YouTube’s “largest music network” – for allegedly “systematically” claiming rights to footage …
YouTube Copyright Issue Still Going On
Many gamers who upload footage of video games to YouTube are still getting worrisome “content ID” matches that threaten to upend YouTube’s gaming content as we know it. However on day three of this disputation, some game publishers seem to be taking steps to assist these gamers out. This story is flowering speedily as alleged Content ID notices still fill …
Zynga Wins In Copyright Suit Against Mattel
Zynga has emerged victorious in a court battle against Mattel over the name of an app and its logo. Mattel had filed a lawsuit against Zynga over the issue of the name and logo of its Scramble with Friends app, which according to Mattel was too similar to its classic Scrabble app. The judge cited the decision in favour of …