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Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port

From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port
Date 2019-05-02 23:36 +0000
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Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port
 by Kyle Orland - Apr 23, 2019
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/nintendo-issues-dmca-takedown-for-super-mario-bros-commodore-64-port/

"Late last week, a retro computer developer going by the handle
 ZeroPaige culminated what he said was seven years of development
 on Super Mario Bros. 64, a complete and highly authentic port of
 the original NES side-scroller for the original Commodore 64
 computer. The 109KB file is an incredible achievement, coded for a
 computer with a clock speed of around 1Mhz (about 55 percent of the
 NES' speed) that needs a bit of massaging to get smooth screen
 scrolling working at all.

 Last night, though, Nintendo reportedly issued a DMCA notice for the
 game, leading to its removal from many hobbyist sites and upload
 services. "Due to a DMCA takedown notice we had to remove the Super
 Mario Bros. 64 download from our website blog post from 4 days ago,"
 the Vancouver-based hobbyist group Commodore Computer Club tweeted
 last night. "Hopefully everyone enjoys the Commodore 64 game who was
 able to snag it."" ...

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Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-05-02 23:36 +0000
  Re: Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-03 21:54 -0400
    Re: Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port Robert <monstoor@spammedia.com> - 2019-05-05 21:27 +0100
    Re: Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-05-06 16:24 +0000
      Re: Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-07 00:24 +0000
      Re: Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 port Stephen Hall <s__hall@gmail.com> - 2019-05-07 09:41 +0000

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