The
popular
physics
sandbox
game
Garry’s
Mod
is
pulling
all
of
its
Nintendo-related
add-ons
following
copyright
takedown
requests
from
the
gaming
giant.
On
Wednesday,
the
developers
of
Garry’s
Mod
made
a
post
on
Steam
saying
users
“may
have
noticed
that
certain
Nintendo
related
workshop
items
have
recently
been
taken
down,”
adding
that
“this
is
not
a
mistake,”
as
the
takedowns
came
from
Nintendo.
“Honestly,
this
is
fair
enough.
This
is
Nintendo’s
content
and
what
they
allow
and
don’t
allow
is
up
to
them,”
the
post
reads.
“They
don’t
want
you
playing
with
that
stuff
in
Garry’s
Mod
—
that’s
their
decision,
we
have
to
respect
that
and
take
down
as
much
as
we
can.
This
is
an
ongoing
process,
as
we
have
20
years
of
uploads
to
go
through.”
Garry’s
Mod
began
removing
Nintendo-related
content
earlier
this
year,
but
some
users
believed
these
requests
were
from
a
copyright
troll
rather
than
from
Nintendo
itself.
After
looking
into
this
most
recent
round
of
copyright
takedowns,
Garry’s
Mod
creator
Garry
Newman
confirmed
on
X
that
he
has
“been
assured”
the
takedown
requests
are
“legit.”
The
takedown
requests
mean
Garry’s
Mod
will
have
to
remove
a
huge
swath
of
Nintendo-related
maps
and
other
items.
Over
the
years,
player-made
content
on
Garry’s
Mod
has
allowed
players
to
do
things
like
turn
Super
Mario
64
into
a
first-person
shooter
or
even
explore
Hyrule
as
Link.
Since
there
is
just
so
much
Nintendo-related
content
on
Garry’s
Mod,
developers
are
asking
the
community
to
remove
any
infringing
work
they’ve
uploaded.
The
Verge
reached
out
to
Nintendo
with
a
request
for
comment
but
didn’t
immediately
hear
back.
Nintendo
has
long
been
known
to
be
fiercely
protective
of
its
intellectual
property.
The
company
was
involved
in
the
removal
of
the
Dolphin
Emulator
from
Steam
last
year
and
filed
a
$2.4
million
lawsuit
against
the
developers
of
the
Nintendo
Switch
emulator
Yuzu,
leading
to
the
shutdown
of
other
emulators
over
fear
of
legal
action
from
Nintendo.
Original author: Emma Roth
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