A
post on Reddit has a lengthy response from Ironmace, the developer of
Dark and Darker, following
the recent DMCA takedown of
the RPG amid allegations it includes assets stolen from Nexon. This goes on and
on for anyone with an interest in a lot of details and a lot of time to dig
through them. With apologies for any spoilers, we'll jump to the conclusion to
try and sum this up:
Given the information presented, it is difficult to
believe that Nexon, in good faith, could reasonably believe that Ironmace has
infringed on the copyrights for their P3 project. They also provide no actual
evidence that Ironmace misappropriated Nexon’s trade secret information in the
creation of Dark and Darker, but instead base it on circumstantial claims.
Finally, they accuse Ironmace of a flagrant breach of Valve’s SSA and SOCR,
restricting our ability to provide our game to players on the largest mainstream
PC game platform and severely obstructing our ability to do business. Ironmace
requests that Nexon renounce their baseless claims. If they would like to
compete on merit, we welcome Nexon to promptly accommodate the comparison of
source code, custom assets, and design documents with the police to quickly and
decisively put an end to this matter.