Github Restores Reverse-Engineered GTA Code Following DMCA Counter Notice

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GitHub has restored a fork of the fan-made "Re3" project that published reverse-engineered code of the popular GTA 3 and Vice City games. The action follows a counter-notice sent by a third-party developer in response to Take-Two Interactive's takedown. Github followed the DMCA procedure and isn't publicly taking sides. The DMCA rules simply dictate that disputed content has to be restored between 10 and 14 business days, unless the rightsholder takes legal action.

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GTA fans welcomed the releases with open arms but the same can't be said for Take-Two Interactive. A few days after "Re3" and "reVC" were posted on GitHub, the game publisher took them offline, claiming copyright infringement.

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The DMCA takedown notice didn't just target the official GitHub repository. There were more than 200 forks that were pulled offline too. One of these forks was created by a New Zealand-based developer named Theo, who, unlike the main developers, decided to take a stand.

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Github Restores Reverse-Engineered GTA Code Following DMCA Counter Notice * TorrentFreak

GitHub has restored a fork of the fan-made “Re3” project that published reverse-engineered code of the popular GTA 3 and Vice City games.

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Thus, a single fork of the reverse-engineered GTA 3 and GTA: Vice City is now restored on Github.

All other forks are still taken down, since they all didn't file a counter-notice to Github.

Take me down if old.

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Oh good. Hopefully we can now get a patch for the Vita version of 3 and VC.

There was an issue with the sniper in GTA3 that was introduced in the last release.

 

[Syriel]

DMCA is a powerful tool, but so are counter notices.

If you're in the right, you shouldn't be afraid to use them.

And if you're not sure, ask a lawyer.

 

[delete12345]

Oh good. Hopefully we can now get a patch for the Vita version of 3 and VC.

There was an issue with the sniper in GTA3 that was introduced in the last release.

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This fork is 36 commits behind the original upstream master branch, so...

 

[Deleted member 16876]

This fork is 36 commits behind the original upstream master branch, so...

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Well the thing is that the Vita version wasn't DMCA'ed. The issue was the devs of the port wanted to figure out what the DMCA is about before working more on it.