"The takedown was apparently issued over one specific screenshot from the game's Steam page. It shows a vaguely -esque world with birch trees, tall grass, a blue sky, and pumpkins: all things that are in but also in real life and lots of other games. The game look pretty similar to , but it doesn't appear to be reusing any of its actual assets or crossing some arbitrary line between homage and copycat that dozens of other -inspired games haven't crossed before."
"Letting AI automate takedown claims Developer Unomelon told me via Discord that the claim was issued via , an AI platform used to automatically detect and remove copyright infringements. Microsoft and Mojang have previously used the platform to take down other voxel games, like a Roblox tech demo whose developer later spoke out about the takedown , as well as ."
Minecraft is the best-selling game ever, which has inspired many Minecraft-like clones and voxel-based crafting sims over the past 15 years. An upcoming Steam game called Allumeria was briefly removed from Valve's storefront after Microsoft issued a DMCA copyright notice allegedly over a single screenshot. The notice, shared by developer Unomelon, accused the game of using protected content, including gameplay and assets. The screenshot shows a vaguely Minecraft-esque world with birch trees, tall grass, blue sky, and pumpkins. The developer emphasizes boss fights, loot, deep caves, and customizable decorations, and the game appears to use original assets. Microsoft and Mojang have used an AI platform to automate takedown claims against other voxel games.
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