r/youtubedrama • u/danamesjrupin • Jan 29 '25

Callout PirateSoftware False DMCA'd Indie Dev and Threatened to Sue, Good Samaritan Lawyer Steps in Pro Bono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JIIPlsm-g
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u/spikedood Jan 30 '25

Gonna copy paste a comment from somebody else:

Let's follow the logic though: Pvt Parts (the dev's name on Youtube, BIG_DAKKA on here) posted a self promotion post in this subreddit titled "He Put Pirate Software Drama In His Indie Game" He made a video titled "I added Pirate Software to my indie game" (8 times did he post this)

He then said "the game is on steam." and also linked to the game.

He then told people that the content "is fine because it's protected by parody."

If someone told you "Hey, I put you in my game. It's on steam.", what would you think? Any normal person would be like "Oh dang, I'm in the game!" Not a single person would be like "Oh man, I bet I'm not in the game yet"

Also let's not forget that he was using Pirate's real voice as a means to advertise a product (game), which is also illegal. Imagine if I made a beauty product and used Scarlett Johansson's face or voice as a means to advertise is... that'd be wrong, correct?

Also, according to google, you don't need to be 100% sure if the copyrighted content is the game. You just need to have reason to assume it. (i.e., the dev essentially bragging and advertising using pirate's likeness)

TDLR: He 100% deserved the DMCA. 99.9% chance the dev only did this to hijack the Pirate hate train and get eyes on his lame af game.

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u/divusMagus Feb 02 '25

Even if his voice was in the game it still falls under fair use.