So im back at it again with another big issue and honestly I don’t really know what to do.
So i made this game which is essentially just a idle simulator. (yeah yeah i know… im working on a huge project and am waiting for assets from my builders so I did this for fun)
Anyways, so I publish the game and it’s going okay, especially with ads.
Then all of a sudden today I got an IP violation from some guy… I don’t know if I should say his username ?
The thing im confused about is what exactly was the ip violation? it just says the entire game was, and the asset id is the place itself. This doesn’t use any name brand things (ie nike or spongebob or whatever) so I don’t understand why the place itself would be the ip violation?
Is that just roblox telling me to fix whatever’s wrong with my game or is my entire game an ip violation?
At first I thought, oh maybe I used a sound somewhere off the toolbox, but wouldnt roblox tell me that specifically? I just don’t want to risk losing anything important
Can someone help me out here I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
In addition, the person in question is verified on roblox, so i don’t think so. They seem legit.
I did see the counter-notice stuff but what if it is for music I got off the toolbox?
95% of all audio in my game is licensed through my commercial license I have with Epidemic Sounds.
In addition, game assets were commissioned by me or created myself.
Since receiving this notice I have scrubbed the place/backup place of any audio I do not own or have a license for…
Im just scared to reuplaod the game, get striked again and banned for 3 days… That and I have enough robux to devex but I assume having this on my record would really negatively impact any chances of me pursuing such options
I was looking through their profile and it’s gotta be real no?
Or at least, that’s what I thought… But then I was curious. No way someone registed the idea of shooting yourself out of a cannon as a core gameplay loop right? So I looked up games similar and interestingly enough I found one, released about a month before mine.
So on 8man’s profile it says “300M+ plays since 2023”… but weird, he doesn’t own any groups that have nearly that many figures… But guess who does… The owner of the group for the competing game. And when was the account made? 2 years ago…?
So as I see it I have a 2 options:
try pushing my game back with all the audio thoroughly vetted, ENSURING that there is nothing I don’t own a license to
risk getting banned
or…
just give up. If this is the same person and it is a malicious attempt I honestly don’t have the resources to fight this battle… is this risk worth it?
I just don’t know if it’s time to throw in the towel at this point
Just reading the comments it says that any claim will be reinstated in 7-10 days.
That’s enough time to kill any momentum I had with advertising.
I’ve spent on average 50/day for close to a week to try and boost myself into the algorithm. and maybe it was starting to work sure whatever… But even if they find that this guy(s) are abusing the DMCA system, what does it matter. They killed my game.
I can’t restart.
Not only that, what if the claim is legit. I don’t have the money to go through an actual legal fight
“The person who submitted the copyright removal request may file a lawsuit against you if they believe your counter-notice isn’t accurate, or that your content is infringing. Submitting a knowingly false counter-notice is illegal and can subject you to liability.”
For god’s sake i’m a university student. I sure don’t have the money for a lawyer. Of course I’m more so focused on the second part “or that your content is infringing”, I wouldnt lie on the counter-notice.
The only way I’d see myself filing a counter-claim is if I hear back from support and they tell me the entire game was IP…
But honestly even then… Just seems like this is just another failure more than anything
It’s really not. He does not respect copyright himself.
I’m sure it won’t come to you needing a lawyer.
He is a bad actor, that’s why he needs so many alt accounts.
His games are games like “escape niki minaj”, and “escape ice spice” obby. He’s not an actual committed developer.
I’d also like to add, I believe he is verified because he donated 100,000 Robux to some one in a donation game. That’s probably how he got so many followers.
Dead account with purchased checkmark, they’d have to start up a full legal process with their IRL info if they want to say your counter claim is fake, so you’d win it and stay up.
If they want to genuinely take it to court, your winning payment would ideally be at minimum them paying your legal fees.