DMCA Email from MediaFire

[Roxas358]

So I got 11 DMCA emails today from mediafire. They're all directed at Skyward Sword models I've uploaded.

Here's one email I got.

Email

The file "Ghirahim_Brres.zip" has been suspended

Dear MediaFire User:

MediaFire has received notification under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that your usage of a file is allegedly infringing on the file creator's copyright protection.

The file named Ghirahim_Brres.zip is identified by the key (1he48q3c72cnhoc).

As a result of this notice, pursuant to Section 512©(1)© of the DMCA, we have suspended access to the file.

The reason for suspension was:

BDM user "lachandra" says: To Whom It May Concern: We are engaged by Nintendo of America Inc. to act on their behalf in respect of identifying copyright and other intellectual property rights infringements on the internet and sending notices to third parties requesting removal of such infringing materials. We have identified materials that are being made available from and which are stored on your hosting platform mediafire.com
(the "Site") and that these materials infringe copyrights and/or other intellectual property rights that are owned and/or controlled by Nintendo. Specifically, the Site contains unauthorized copies of Nintendo's software products, which are available for unauthorized download by the public. We demand that you immediately and permanently remove and/or disable access to the infringing materials on the Site. The infringing materials are located at the following locations:

Please confirm via the following email the date and local time when you have removed or disabled access to the infringing materials. Please also use this email if you have any questions relating to this formal notice. nintendo@kapowsoftware.es Under penalty of perjury, I hereby affirm that I have a good faith belief that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of Nintendo whose exclusive copyright and/or other intellectual property rights I believe to be infringed as described herein. This letter is not intended to be a full statement of the facts, and it does not prejudice or waive any claim, whether in law or in equity, that Nintendo may have with respect to this matter or any other matter. Sincerely, Kapow Software.es

Information about the party that filed the report:

Company Name: Kapow Software.es
Contact Address:
Contact Name: Kapow Software.es
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: nintendo@kapowsoftware.es

Copyright infringement violates MediaFire's Terms of Service. MediaFire accounts that experience multiple incidents of alleged copyright infringement without viable counterclaims may be terminated.

Has this happened to anyone else? What did you have to do? Will removing the files be good enough, or is there additional steps I have to take?

[Random Talking Bush]

Hm, were you including the original BRRES files in those zips (judging by the file names)? If so, that's probably what did it.

Either way, reminds me that I got a DMCA notice before, but it was for one of my custom Brawl BRSTMs because it thought it was something called "The 7 Challenges: English for Communication" for some reason...

[Roxas358]

Hm, were you including the original BRRES files in those zips (judging by the file names)? If so, that's probably what did it.

Either way, reminds me that I got a DMCA notice before, but it was for one of my custom Brawl BRSTMs because it thought it was something called "The 7 Challenges: English for Communication" for some reason...

Yeah, I had nearly every brres in the game uploaded into two big files (guess I won't be doing that again).
So did you just have to remove the files or did you also have to contact someone?

[Random Talking Bush]

Yeah, I had nearly every brres in the game uploaded into two big files (guess I won't be doing that again).
So did you just have to remove the files or did you also have to contact someone?

Yeah, I just removed them, and I've still got my MediaFire account. Mainly because arguing could possibly get the account suspended. Better safe than sorry, after all.

[Roxas358]

Yeah, I just removed them, and I've still got my MediaFire account. Mainly because arguing could possibly get the account suspended. Better safe than sorry, after all.

OK, Thanks RTB.

[Vipershark]

Who the heck is Kapow Software and why do you have to answer to them in regards to Nintendo's content?

That just reeks of fake email to me.

[Roxas358]

Who the heck is Kapow Software and why do you have to answer to them in regards to Nintendo's content?

That just reeks of fake email to me.

Yeah, it does seem fake. The web site kapowsoftware.es doesn't even have anything to do with Nintendo. But I don't want to risk having my whole account taken down.

[Random Talking Bush]

Either way, there's nothing you can really do about that once the file's taken down. Re-uploading the same file will only have the same thing happen to it.

So compress the heck out of it and slap a password on the ZIP.

[ZeldaClassicEXPERT]

I am sorry your file got suspended. Please do not worry though. I can and will make sure all (including Nintendo) knows that using Spriters-Resource sprites are okay to use. Video will come soon.

[Random Talking Bush]

How about "no". Last thing we need is to have a company complain at us for hosting their content without their permission, forcing us to take it down.

Don't be a rat.

[Garamonde]

Welp.

Dear MediaFire User:

MediaFire has received notification under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that your usage of a file is allegedly infringing on the file creator's copyright protection. The file named Yoshi.zip is identified by the key (53orxwner8yvd55). As a result of this notice, pursuant to Section 512©(1)© of the DMCA, we have suspended access to the file.

The reason for suspension was:

BDM user "lachandra" says: To Whom It May Concern: We are engaged by Nintendo of America Inc. to act on their behalf in respect of identifying copyright and other intellectual property rights infringements on the internet and sending notices to third parties requesting removal of such infringing materials. We have identified materials that are being made available from and which are stored on your hosting platform mediafire.com (the "Site") and that these materials infringe copyrights and/or other intellectual property rights that are owned and/or controlled by Nintendo. Specifically, the Site contains unauthorized copies of Nintendo's software products, which are available for unauthorized download by the public. We demand that you immediately and permanently remove and/or disable access to the infringing materials on the Site. The infringing materials are located at the following locations: http://www.mediafire.com/?03cssqv6pb8f5h4 http://www.mediafire.com/?1271n4yv8tf325x http://www.mediafire.com/?19xsu9wtsvi19xf http://www.mediafire.com/?33j2wbdhkd76gq9 http://www.mediafire.com/?3guja5jm9fg7qvp http://www.mediafire.com/?3ponyme5zpxmz2o http://www.mediafire.com/?53orxwner8yvd55 http://www.mediafire.com/?5f2od2jlhqadcks http://www.mediafire.com/?6gfp0c0wy7zaunv http://www.mediafire.com/?72c1ia7bdaqs1jq http://www.mediafire.com/?962pq5qpbq9cvnn http://www.mediafire.com/?c463x1z0drcrxxz http://www.mediafire.com/?d4yoypebea1ncod http://www.mediafire.com/?fmzlpp8qjti12ey http://www.mediafire.com/?ga6l860ey6sz05m http://www.mediafire.com/?iifex94fdf7ni46 http://www.mediafire.com/?j4o53q9p685dd9s http://www.mediafire.com/?lj7n444g6t3uilb http://www.mediafire.com/?ohrhwy6y4iddlhz http://www.mediafire.com/?rm2l8mfdmlixdia http://www.mediafire.com/?uahzlmcmx18dbk0 http://www.mediafire.com/?z6yt8220dn2re8f http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k2gf3a9dg02unve Please confirm via the following email the date and local time when you have removed or disabled access to the infringing materials. Please also use this email if you have any questions relating to this formal notice. nintendo@kapowsoftware.es Under penalty of perjury, I hereby affirm that I have a good faith belief that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of Nintendo whose exclusive copyright and/or other intellectual property rights I believe to be infringed as described herein. This letter is not intended to be a full statement of the facts, and it does not prejudice or waive any claim, whether in law or in equity, that Nintendo may have with respect to this matter or any other matter. Sincerely, Kapow Software.es

Information about the party that filed the report:

Company Name: Kapow Software.es
Contact Address:
Contact Name: Kapow Software.es
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: nintendo@kapowsoftware.es

Copyright infringement violates MediaFire's Terms of Service. MediaFire accounts that experience multiple incidents of alleged copyright infringement without viable counterclaims may be terminated.

If you feel this suspension was in error, please submit a counterclaim by following the process below.

Step 1. Click on the following link to open the counterclaim webpage.

http://www.mediafire.com/myaccount/suspe...ca8770bb96

Step 2. Use the following PIN on the counterclaim webpage to begin the process:

a0b7

Step 3. Fill in the fields on the counterclaim form with as much detail as possible.



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All of those files BTW have already been taken down (and not by me), so I better not have lost anything important.

[Davy Jones]

Better put some passwords on it.

[Ton]

So what exactly is the problem with these models that Nintendo doesn't want them up?

[Garamonde]

I think most of the files were the original .BRRES models that I had hosted to share for ripping projects and stuff, but I can easily re-upload them min.us like I did for Kirby if needed so they're no big deal.
I only noticed one file that they hadn't removed though that had a warning icon on it, and that was my Yoshi submission for NSMBW. It's been on the site for months and months though so there wasn't any point in keeping it anyway. Otherwise I'm in the clear now I think.

[Ton]

So are the files on TSR in any danger?