Nintendo's Latest DMCA Takedowns Are Over (Checks Notes) Fan-Created Steam Icons - Kotaku
Nintendo is using its army of lawyers and chests of money to go after people who appear to be some of the biggest fans of its games and franchises.
This time, Nintendo is going after people who create and host custom artwork for icons used in Steam libraries.
Nintendo and its lawyers have practically become a meme at this point, with people quick to point out that any fan game or mod using Nintendo characters is likely only a few days away from being legally smacked down by the big Japanese publisher?And now Nintendo is coming after folks who create and share custom artwork for Steam because some of it features its characters.
The trouble Nintendo has with SGDB is that some of the thousands of images on the site are for various Nintendo games that people can emulate, and which those users may integrate into their Steam libraries, using SGDB to provide nice icons for them.
Time and time again, we’ve seen other publishers and companies not go nuclear on players over fan games or emulators, or custom art.