The takedown effort didn’t come as a complete surprise to the developer. Soon after this DMCA notice was submitted, OpenSC2K was indeed taken offline, replaced with GitHub’s standard DMCA notification. As long as that continues to happen, no other changes other than removal is sufficient to address the infringement,” the company writes. “The current audiovisual output of the repository creates content that infringes on Electronic Arts copyright. While OpenSC2K is far from a full remake, Electronic Arts makes it clear that the SimCity 2000 assets are not for public use. The company points out that the game can be purchased legally through Origin where it’s still being sold for a few dollars. “Assets from the game SimCity 2000 are being infringed upon,” EA writes. These images and sounds are definitely not free to use, something the developer is fully aware of now.Ī few days ago Electronic Arts sent a DMCA takedown notice to GitHub asking the platform to remove the infringing repository from its site. While it is billed as an “open source” version, the remake did include original artwork, belonging to Electronic Arts. The game, titled OpenSC2K, was released on GitHub earlier this year and received quite a bit of attention on sites such as Reddit and Hacker News. This is likely one of the reasons why developer Nicholas Ochoa decided to code a remake using the Electron framework. After more than a quarter-century, SimCity 2000 still receives plenty of interest from nostalgic gamers who like to relive their early gaming experiences.
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