Post by redonihunter in Asset was purchased, then pirated by same user - how to revoke access?

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Uhm. I am not a lawyer of course. But should you not contact the site were the file was uploaded? Like with those dmca stuff?

Even if you retroactivly cancel the purchase - wich might be troublesome - this will not take the pirated copy off the net or off the users hard drive.

Also, you are talking about an asset not a game? You sure anyone would be interested in making games with pirated assets? Some gamers would play pirated games, of course. But devs using pirated assets? Why? If you try to release your game you would get serious problems and risk your game

And while I am at it, what kind of dev browsed illicit asset stores at all? Because, if the store the thing was uploaded to, is not illicit, just notify them and be done with it. They will remove it, since they are not illicit.

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Thraxx Media1 year ago

Oh, no worries: the other site where the unauthorized distribution took place - believe it or not - just so happens to be the official community forum of the game engine the asset is tailored to. I’ve already made their staff aware, and the link was taken down + the user contacted. I’ve made sure to document everything beforehand, of course.

This doesn’t mean however that it should be tolerated having known thieves on itch.io - if there’s proof that someone (who even develops and offers stuff on here themselves) is pirating other people’s works, I understand that there’s not much itch can do about the distribution aspect itself… but what they can do is to ensure the user cannot engage in any further illegal activity via this platform. It is, after all, a clear and severe violation of ToS.

Again, support has been contacted now. Thanks for sharing your opinion.

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