Dark and Darker lawyer accuses Nexon of "anti-competitive bully tactics"
Darker and Darker's lawyer has accused Korean gaming company Nexon of «anti-competitive bully tactics», in a letter to Steam owner Valve.
Following positive reception at Steam Next Fest earlier this year, Dark and Darker has experienced a troubled production. In March, developer Ironmace had its office searched, after Nexon alleged the studio created its game with code stolen from Nexon's own «P3» project (something several members of Ironmace's team had previously worked on).
Soon after these allegations were made, Nexon issued Ironmace with a cease and desist demand, and Dark and Darker was removed from Steam. Most recently, it came to light that the Dark and Darker developer is being sued by Nexon for «copyright infringement», with the Korean game publisher demanding a jury trial in America.
Now, in a bid to get Ironmace's game back onto Steam, Dark and Darker's lawyer has contested the DMCA notice that led to its removal from the platform in a letter to Valve, as reported by GamesRadar.
«The Takedown Notice is based on claims that are entirely without merit and contains knowing and material misrepresentations that Dark and Darker infringed Nexon's copyright interests,» wrote Greenberg Glusker lawyer Aaron Moss on Ironmace's behalf.
In this letter, Moss stated Nexon's claims are «nothing more than anti-competitive bully tactics designed to put a small indie game studio out of business». Moss argued since the company's claims relate to «a game that Nexon never made» and therefore «does not exist», the copyright infringement claims are not valid.
«Nexon claims to have created 'unique concepts, genre, plot, story line, characters, and plans for the game' — almost none of which is subject to copyright protection,»
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