Re: seems like only the popular games are removed

Because of this, I believe the entire DMCA takedown notice was fake. If it was genuine, it would've accounted for regional differences in names - European and Japanese ones were only taken down if they have the same name as the American ones. The ESA also shouldn't be responsible for taking down non-American roms.

Contra and Operation C are taken down, but Super C is still up. Castlevania is down but the translated version Akumajyou Densetsu is still up. It's going by popular names but skipping other versions. ;)