Microsoft issues DMCA takedown of Minecraft-like Steam game, raising copyright debate

[Redaktion]

Steam is full of voxel survival games inspired by Minecraft. Even so, Microsoft believes that Allumeria violates copyrights by using all-too-familiar graphics or gameplay. Now delisted, its developer is considering how to respond to the DMCA takedown.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-issues-DMCA-takedown-of-Minecraft-like-Steam-game-raising-copyright-debate.1223656.0.html

[opckieran]

Personally, I'm getting tired of these uninspired Minecraft clones. What are we, up to a hundred now? Wow, randomly generated worlds with fully-interactable pixel-art block-motif environments! What is this, 2008? It's time for something fresh.