Re: seems like only the popular games are removed
Posted by Danielle on .
A) if it's a bot sending the takedowns automatically based on keywords, it's possible the regional differences simply weren't part of the keyword list.
B) the rights holders the ESA represents own the rights to their games regardless of which region the ROM belongs to.
B) the rights holders the ESA represents own the rights to their games regardless of which region the ROM belongs to.
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.