[PSA] Nintendo-related mods are being DMCA'd by Nintendo themselves, unfortunately...

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UlτrαΤwο

Feb 7, 2024 @ 11:54am

[PSA] Nintendo-related mods are being DMCA'd by Nintendo themselves, unfortunately...

Since there are still some people who think it's a DMCA troll, I'll be linking Mutahar's video here where he debunks the claims. If you are somehow still convinced that it was not Nintendo filing DMCA claims, you need to get your brain checked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMuy385i5KE

TL;DR Nintendo is actually taking down mods, Garry and Valve confirmed it.

Exactly as the title says. Several Nintendo-related mods were being flagged with DMCA claims and were successful on some notable mods (Such as Apoc Hedgie's Mario ragdolls pack and Super Mario Odyssey pack).

Several other mods were also flagged with DMCA claims. Unfortunately, it was not what we originally assumed and it turns out that Nintendo is behind the DMCA strikes using a site known as MarkMonitor, which is used to tackle copyright infringement.

In short, that means that it is NOT a copyright troll as we believed at first.

That doesn't mean that Nintendo won. Some good people in the community managed to archive the mods that were taken down (Most of them anyway). The link to the archives will be added below. Kudos to the people who made them.

I also want to make a disclaimer that I am NOT in any way experienced in modding and will NOT reupload any mods removed from the Workshop out of respect.

One last thing: PLEASE DO NOT HARASS OR GO AFTER ANYONE! And please for the love of god do NOT attempt any act of vigilantism. Two wrongs do not make a right and I do not support nor endorse harassment, witch-hunting, or doxxing. The whole point of this post is to raise awareness.

We'll do what we can to archive mods in Google Drive, Mega, and other sites if possible.

Google drive #1[drive.google.com]

Google drive #2[drive.google.com]

Google drive #3[drive.google.com]

Google drive #4[drive.google.com]

Google drive #5[drive.google.com]

Google drive #6[drive.google.com]

Google drive #7[drive.google.com]

Google drive #8[drive.google.com]

Google Drive #9[drive.google.com]

Google Drive #10[drive.google.com]

Pastebin #1 (Provided by Sinful Mario)[pastebin.com]

Pastebin #2 (Provided by Apoc Hedgie and RTB)[pastebin.com]

Pastebin #3 (Provided by Yunpol)[pastebin.com]

Mega Drive #1 (Provided by RTB)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #2 (Provided bylegoj15)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #3 (Provided by Yunpol, GMOD version)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #4 (Provided by Yunpol, SFM version)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #5 (Provided by Skefil☆)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #6 (Provided by l'écureuil)[mega.nz]

Mega Drive #7 (Provided by EnergyFlamer)[mega.nz]

Dropbox #1 (Provided by "That cat from Oured")[www.dropbox.com]

Once you downloaded them, put them into the "addons" folder in the game's files:

Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons

If you wish to find mods updated after the 2020 update, locate this folder:

Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\4000

One last thing; you will need the Extended Spawnmenu addon to access them.

Last edited by UlτrαΤwο; Sep 3, 2024 @ 12:07am

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Originally posted by Gordon Freeman:

I find it completely absurd that children are willing to jump to such outlandish conclusions out of denial. Instead of their glorious (and definitely not Yakuza-backed) Japanese mega-corporation, with a documented incredibly litigious history, children are still peddling stories pinning it on one man. The supposed "Aaron Peters" figure either does not exist or, if he does, likely works as an actual legal official for MarkMonitor.

The reason for pinning it on this man? Simple, out of denial, children spun a tale that would inspire hope. Obviously, a legal pursuit against Nintendo would be a hopeless endeavor. So, out of denial, children hope that it's one "fraudster", who wouldn't (as a smaller entity than Nintendo) have sufficient legal funds to make legal action as fruitless. Hell, that's how this thread originally started, as an anti "Aaron Peters" thread with very loose evidence, which is likely responsible for the spread of these stories amongst children. Yet the rumors have grown out of hand, and even after this thread and all other reputable sources have abandoned them, they're still being peddled.

In situations like this, it is best to employ the use of Occam's Razor. The fewer moving parts and hoops your theory has to jump through, the more realistic it is. If Facepunch is saying it's Nintendo, and there's no evidence against it being Nintendo (and yes, there almost certainly isn't any evidence clearing Nintendo's name, anyone claiming otherwise is absolutely grasping at straws), then it bloody likely is Nintendo's doing.

Yet, even still, children are radicalized in their hope that this can all be "set straight". They go and harass anyone with the name "Aaron Peters" they can find. They call anyone who opposes their cause "censorship lovers", as though opposing a theory with no evidence automatically means one believes that Nintendo's behavior is justified. I, for one, do not think Nintendo should do what they have done, but they do have the legal right to do it. I grew up with many of the maps being removed, and made abominable creations with many of the models being threatened. I don't like the situation any more than any reasonable person would, but that doesn't mean that I need to be feverishly opposed to the idea that Nintendo did it. Perhaps it just takes some growing up to realize that Nintendo sucks, and hasn't even really produced anything worthwhile since the end of the Wii era.

Doxxing, harassing, and witchhunting people based on their name over some Splatoon OC ragdolls getting taken down is absolutely insane. I wouldn't personally feel safe if my name was Aaron Peters right now, solely because some freak with mental disorders would almost certainly be stalking me with the most malicious intent.

Unfortunately, I don't expect to be able to stop people from spreading their misinformation and lies about this situation, as this will likely register as nothing but a fizzling match-head under the weight of a tidal wave of Nintendo fans who simply don't want to believe that Nintendo could do something like this. But I won't stand for absurd conspiracy theories about the FBI and CIA investigating some guy who made "false copyright claims" when there's no evidence to support any of it outside of the emotional reactions of children. I do hope, however, that at least somebody will see this and think twice about jumping to conclusions that don't really make sense outside of the mind of a child.

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(Insert Username Here) has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 1:52pm

Originally posted by The Thaumaturge:
well gentlemen with the recent announcement made it seems that troll won this round. The reasonable part of my mind wants to say, we tried our best. The more angry side of me wants to start a riot but that may just do more harm. For now we should just give Valve the finger and use third party sites for Nintendo related addons. Sorry needed to vent frustrations.

I personally think as a last hurrah we mass reupload the stuff to the workshop just to make Facepunch go through the workshop again. Its very clear now the workshop is not a safe place to host addons anymore and we should move to third party sites to host things.

#2821

Brewster T. Koopa has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 1:56pm

Originally posted by (Insert Username Here):
Originally posted by Brewster T. Koopa:
that'll absolutely do nothing. It's not even fully Facepunch's fault.
Besides steam has systems in place to limit the damage caused by review bombs.

That and Gmod's not the only community affected, hell it's not even patient 0

#2822

(Insert Username Here) has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 1:59pm

Originally posted by Brewster T. Koopa:
Originally posted by (Insert Username Here):
Besides steam has systems in place to limit the damage caused by review bombs.

That and Gmod's not the only community affected, hell it's not even patient 0

Why the workshop is no longer a safe place to host addons anymore.

#2823

Brewster T. Koopa has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:01pm

Got some great news, Thafnine (another big YouTuber) shared my tweet

#2824

Piazano󠁳 ⁧⁧[G59] has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:03pm

Originally posted by Piazano:
I'm pissed and it literally has no affect on me whatsoever.

I just remembered I uploaded a Legend of Zelda Map for someone a few years ago. What's gonna happen? What do I do? I want to save it aside if I can for personal use/uploading elsewhere.

#2825

Brewster T. Koopa has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:03pm

Originally posted by Piazano:
Originally posted by Piazano:
I'm pissed and it literally has no affect on me whatsoever.
I just remembered I uploaded a Legend of Zelda Map for someone a few years ago. What's gonna happen? What do I do? I want to save it aside if I can for personal use/uploading elsewhere.

I suggest privating it for now.

#2826

(Insert Username Here) has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:05pm

Originally posted by Piazano:
Originally posted by Piazano:
I'm pissed and it literally has no affect on me whatsoever.
I just remembered I uploaded a Legend of Zelda Map for someone a few years ago. What's gonna happen? What do I do? I want to save it aside if I can for personal use/uploading elsewhere.

Back it up somewhere it isn't very hard to manually add mods into gmod, you just stuff them in your addons folder. Unfortionately to play with friends you will need to manually share them.

#2827

NeoLin

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:06pm

Time to backup I guess.
https://twitter.com/NeoLin7812/status/1783226923981971912

Do it while you still can!

#2828

AtomicLugia has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:06pm

I know it's pretty much still the fraudster's doing, but Nintendo is for me still a criminal organization for their behavior DMCA wise

Poor Iwata's probably rolling in his grave

#2829

NeoLin

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:07pm

That's a post I made on how to archive Gmod addons using gmpublisher btw, it's a utility I used for uploading my addons onto the workshop, but it also has a built in function for downloading addon files from the workshop.

Perhaps it can help others that wants to back their stuff up on Gmod workshop.

#2830

CharybdisSlashCrow has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:08pm

Just saw Facepunch's response...

We lost.

Game over man.

Game over.

#2831

Furry Slurry has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:09pm

Originally posted by CharybdisSlashCrow:
Just saw Facepunch's response...

We lost.

Game over man.

Game over.

We have to violate the geneva convention. We're done of playing by the rules

#2832

ScarletPhoenix has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:12pm

what the ♥♥♥♥ is happening i'm not on twitter so

#2833

CharybdisSlashCrow has Garry's Mod

Apr 24, 2024 @ 2:13pm

Originally posted by FurrySlurry (the sergal king):
Originally posted by CharybdisSlashCrow:
Just saw Facepunch's response...

We lost.

Game over man.

Game over.
We have to violate the geneva convention. We're done of playing by the rules

That's gonna do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. We LOST. There is literally nothing we can do. Facepunch genuinely believes these claims are legit.

#2834