so, you know Tetris, right?
of course you do, everyone does. 19 days ago m.slivo (https://mslivo.itch.io/) released "Setris", like Tetris, but with falling sand physics
it's very cool, and it got a ton of attention ( evidence - https://kotaku.com/tetris-with-sand-free-indie-pc-game-setris-download-1850489246 + a bunch of youtube videos). Maybe a bit too much attention, cause, uhh, how do i phrase it... IT GOT FUCKING DMCA'D???????
A free game got copyright claimed by Tetris Holding LLC just because of like a similar tune and possibly a fucking UI element? (not the name cause there is another game named setris (at least not legally cause of the name))
Seriously??????? Why tf would they even do that? just corporate greed? The dev had to rerelease it is "Sandtrix", which is still an alright name, and had to remove that song from the game and the trailer. What the actual fuck is wrong with Tetris Holding some links: https://mslivo.itch.io/setris (the old one that got 360-no-scope'd by capitalist greed) https://web.archive.org/web/20230605060644/https://mslivo.itch.io/setris (last internet archive capture of the page before it got removed) https://itch.io/takedowns/2073998 (the takedown notice) https://mslivo.itch.io/sandtrix (the new version) https://discord.gg/mkHtGBhbEw (the dev's discord server (that may or may not have the og game from before the DMCA, as both file download and torrent)) https://web.archive.org/web/20230605061417/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dLFOTeXyFo (the og Setris trailer captured by the internet archive)
