Italian website selling porn games and claiming to own the copyright for them

Notretsam

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I know. I said in my post that I am aware it isnt possible to entirely stop but I want some ideas to make it more difficult/inconvenient so that it deters most people from trying. I am well aware that nothing can stop it fully guys.
Actually is a very good question, something I been thinking about myself, which is why I choose to go with HTML 5 but even that isn't full proof and thankfully I got the knowledge to use HTML5 instead of Ren'py or Unity. However, as others have said, if someone is determined enough they will always get your game. Putting up roadblocks is a good thing and making it a bit more difficult doesn't hurt you though, so no harm in asking and trying but sadly it's like trying to get blood from a stone to fully 100% secure something.


Make the patreon button (assuming you have one) part of the main menu background (So not a simple button that can be deleted), this way even if they get it, you will still get visibility.
Otherwise wait for that to happen and then file a DMCA takedown like runey did.
Didn't know Runey managed to pull something off, must have missed that in this thread but have been super busy. Runey got his game taken down?
 
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Adabelitoo

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Didn't know Runey managed to pull something off, must have missed that in this thread but have been super busy. Runey got his game taken down?
That's what he said, at least it isn't in that website's front page with the other games
 

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Runey Since many ppl do not seem aware as they have not been following the thread, and some of them might be interested in doing the same as you did, could you update the main page with your story detailing how you got your game down from that website?
 

Runey

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Runey Since many ppl do not seem aware as they have not been following the thread, and some of them might be interested in doing the same as you did, could you update the main page with your story detailing how you got your game down from that website?
I told them I was the developer of HH and they had two options. Give me 90% of their income made from my game, or take it down. (The first option was there simply to make the second seem way more appealing)
 

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I told them I was the developer of HH and they had two options. Give me 90% of their income made from my game, or take it down. (The first option was there simply to make the second seem way more appealing)
Hey there,

Did you had any legal documents to prove that or did they take your word for it?
 

Runey

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Hey there,

Did you had any legal documents to prove that or did they take your word for it?
He's just some kid in his mother's basement. He got scared. He didn't even protect his identity. Since then, however, he seems to not care. I know some people have gone to him with a DMCA threat, and he just told them they have no proof of being the creator.
 

Gildan

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The frustrating thing is that Patreon didnt shut down his account. Did no one go through with emailing patreon about it? Runey did you?
 

Master of Puppets

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He's just some kid in his mother's basement. He got scared. He didn't even protect his identity. Since then, however, he seems to not care. I know some people have gone to him with a DMCA threat, and he just told them they have no proof of being the creator.
I guess the next step would be to go to his hosting company then?
 

anne O'nymous

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I guess the next step would be to go to his hosting company then?
Well, when they filled their netblock entry, they explicitly added some remarks fields to point to their abuse e-mail. It's rare enough to expect it to be responsive and try it. For those interested, the domain is iws.co and the address abuse.
But, stay polite (they are just humans and not responsible of the abuse you denounce) :
remarks: | Be friendly ...!
remarks: | Unfriendly emails will be ignored!
 

Adabelitoo

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I feel like this thread is pretty serious to be forgotten. Could this thread by added to the sticky threads section?
 

Gildan

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Agreed. Thanks to this thread, we will be watching that site after we release our game next week.
 

MichaelF1

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It's not the only one:

(This site using Patreon for the payment)
 

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If you file a DMCA request, whether or not it goes ahead, the reference you get for it can be used to remove the website from Google's results. So file DMCA's and make the site vanish from all search results and he will fucking shit himself.
 

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My co writer just had a great idea for all devs... Just add watermarks with anti on your images...