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Dev says "false DMCA" from Microsoft got their sandbox game removed from Steam over apparent Minecraft copyright, all because of a screenshot of birch trees (www.gamesradar.com)

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Unomelon, the developer of Minecraft-inspired sandbox game Allumeria, says a DMCA from Microsoft, evidently related to Minecraft, got the game removed from Steam.

"The Allumeria Steam page is currently down because Microsoft has filed a false DMCA claim on it," Unomelon said on Bluesky on Tuesday. "They sent an email earlier today claiming that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. I am taking a moment to figure out what my path is going forward, will update soon."

The screenshot in question (above) is a simple wide shot of a forest filled with birch trees, what look to be oak trees with green and autumnal leaves, and a few pumpkins and weeds checkering the grassy dirt. There are definitely some similarities to Minecraft; if you told me this was a screenshot of a Minecraft mod, I'd probably believe you, but that's true of many voxel-based games, including Hytale.

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[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago (21 children)

Did you even look into it or did you just do what the AI generating the DMCA did and looked at a singular image and decided it looks like Minecraft?

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 hours ago (18 children)

It does look like minecraft with a texture pack and shaders. Though, the trees look skinnier than normal.

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 8 points 11 hours ago (17 children)

Hytale looks like Minecraft with a texture pack and shaders. Every Minecraft inspired block based game looks like Minecraft with a texture pack and shader.

Oh and MS just withdrew their copyright claim because it was bullshit from the start.

[–] Crankley@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago

I'm all for new takes on the block game (been looking forward to Hytale and will definitely give it a go sometime in the near future) but after watching the trailer...

It would be hard for me to tell this isn't Minecraft if I didn't watch or look into the game on a semi regular basis. It looks incredible derivative.

I'm not saying it's necessarily in need of the copyright strike I don't know the rules, but I'm not surprised it got one.

So. Immediate feelings of outrage followed by a mental shrug post trailer viewing.

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