Shin Megami Tensei Think about, the Shin Megami Tensei MMO recreation, continued dwelling lengthy after Atlus shut the servers down thanks to 2 fan teams referred to as Rekuiemu and COMP_Hack, and now, it seems Atlus wasn’t very happy with these efforts. The Persona maker is suing the fan group for a number of cases of copyright infringement, together with the web site and launcher Rekuiemu created for gamers to entry SMT Think about, and utilizing Atlus’ recreation with out permission or any alteration.
Twitter person MarshSMT first posted concerning the proceedings and courtroom paperwork (which VGC noticed initially). Atlus initiated the go well with in December 2021, however on September 22, 2022, Atlus issued summons notices to the 2 events concerned, named in courtroom paperwork solely as John Doe and Jane Doe, as Atlus and its representatives had been unable to search out the authorized names and even addresses of the followers who run Rekuiemu and COMP_Hack.
Atlus’ legal professionals offered a number of screenshots of SMT On-line and Rekuiemu’s model of the sport to show it was the identical and mentioned Atlus’ rights of possession lengthen to the graphics, textual content, and some other asset related to the sport.
Atlus issued a DMCA discover and eliminated the location and recreation. The writer will even think about in search of damages of as much as $2,500 per infringement and different damages depending on what the courtroom deems applicable and the price of legal professional charges. What number of counts that can find yourself being in complete stays to be seen, contemplating Atlus was mentioning separate screenshots as proof of copyright infringement.
On the time of publication, there was no official replace about whether or not the courts had been capable of establish John and Jane Doe or what the following steps are in pursuing Atlus’ case.
The courtroom proceedings and updates can be found on CourtListener, with all publicly accessible paperwork, together with Atlus’ preliminary go well with and follow-up complaints.
