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We've Run Afoul of Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics (Patreon)

Published:
2022-07-29 16:01:06
Edited:
2022-08-02 21:43:30
Imported:
2022-09

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On Episode 213 of Sacred Symbols, we shared a leak concerning the upcoming Tomb Raider game. Square Enix-owned developer Crystal Dynamics took exception and DMCA'd us through Patreon, effectively forcing our hand. (For what it's worth, we don't blame Patreon in this situation; they are "DMCA SafeHarbor" and must act accordingly to remain in compliance.) In this video, we explain what happened and why, what actions we've had to take, and even invited Last Stand legal analyst Rick Hoeg along for the ride, so he can tell us where we were right and wrong, and -- as the situation seems here -- where infinite gray area exists. Does the leak reach a level of notability and newsworthiness common in similar stories? Is reading a VO tryout script in a mocking cockney transformative by definition? We explore all of that, and more. Thank you, as always, for your support, patience, and understanding, and for making us comfortable enough to be so transparent.

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We've Run Afoul of Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics

On Episode 213 of Sacred Symbols, we shared a leak concerning the upcoming Tomb Raider game. Square Enix-owned developer Crystal Dynamics took exception and DMCA'd us through Patreon, effectively forcing our hand. (For what it's worth, we don't blame Patreon in this situation; they are "DMCA SafeHarbor" and must act accordingly to remain in compliance.) In this video, we explain what happened and why, what actions we've had to take, and even invited Last Stand legal analyst Rick Hoeg along for the ride, so he can tell us where we were right and wrong, and -- as the situation seems here -- where infinite gray area exists. Does the leak reach a level of notability and newsworthiness common in similar stories? Is reading a VO tryout script in a mocking cockney transformative by definition? We explore all of that, and more. Thank you, as always, for your support, patience, and understanding, and for making us comfortable enough to be so transparent.

Comments

Anthony Ledesma

Who could have guessed, months ago, when Dustin said he wanted sacred symbols to be played in the most random of places, that it would include the square Enix office.

gnawtyFOX

Colin / LSM - I would go ahead and just take down the DMCA everywhere. It’ll show you did your part on the back-end. Just do it. This could give you a buffer on the legal side. “Listen, we meant nothing by it. We took it off every platform asap.”

Aaron Barnes

Geez that's pathetic, the leak is out and shared everywhere. Fix the source of the leak, stop trying to catch all the escaped water droplets in your hands

Rick Rodriguez

So did you remove it from Patreon or just edit the episode? It was the reading word by word right, they can't make you take down the news part of it?

RD_21

Wow that's bs and that's petty of them...

Reuben Barrett

Okay so that definitely means the leak was true otherwise they wouldn't have done this.

Wayne Moss

That’s super petty of Square Enix to DMCA LSM. Maybe if Chris didn’t do such an amazing job of his reading they wouldn’t of bin pissed off 😂. I personally didn’t see anything wrong in what you guys did it had me cracking up.

Mark Whittington

That was supposed to be a cockney accent?

The Funky Monk

Glad I stayed till the end of this one lmao

Greg Dawson

No audio version of this DMCA SS+? Or is it just not out yet for my lowly tier?