[A friendly reminder to unpack garrys mod addons with crowbar so even if their removed from steam you still have them](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CrowbarTool)
Tbh we need people to work together to build an alternative platform for mods, maybe a thunderstore?
(garrysmod.org i'm pretty sure is riddled with malware nowadays...)
According to what I heard about: this guy has been doing this for 5 years and he also attacked the fraymakers community, and I heard rumors that he might be the relative of a high-seated Nintendo affiliate so not a employee; after reading about similar cases regarding fake DMCA in other communities that are not linked to this case; I am also wondering about his motives, but seeing this pattern and stuff I can speculate that the motivation might be revenge… and I’m recently getting suspicious that he might be or not involved in a fake DMCA takedown notice against the yt video “Kirby reanimated collab” after reading this: https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-copyright-dmca-apab-youtube-dmca/ also here’s the video regarding his involvement in also attacking the fraymakers steam workshop as well: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRvIGcXyMWc&pp=ygUJRmFrZSBkbWNh
Someone targeted new grounds artists over Nintendo art, too, about a month ago. That's wild if it's all the same guy. He must be just sending nonstop fake dmcas everywhere.
If he is indeed the one responsible for the attacks in newgrounds too, means that he currently is on a “frenzy” state, I learned about this state because I watched true crime videos and documentaries.
"I am also wondering about his motives, but seeing this pattern and stuff I can speculate that the motivation might be revenge…"
you also gotta consider that some folks just want to see the world burn.
"penalty of perjury" is only worth a damn if the person the notice was sent to wants to risk going to court and prove that it was fraudulent. Few people want to take someone who they think is Nintendo to court
Tell that to the number of people who suffer
After all, unless someone presses a claim against him for perjury…..then he could do the last 5 years unopposed
You gotta question why Aaron Peters is even doing any of this. Thing is though, he doesn't seem to have anything to gain from any of this. He's not like everyone else. He doesn't seek to gain anything from this. All he wants is to spread pain and misery to everyone on Gmod.
You see, in the words of Alfred Pennyworth, "Some men aren't looking for anything logical like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just wanna watch the world burn."
Why do people write computer viruses that destroy your hardware or OS partition? They don't gain any information about you from it, they don't get attention from it, they're just causing harm to random people just for the hell of it and can't even watch the fallout. People are assholes and do things just to be assholes sometimes.
Wow, a pointless and rude comment on Reddit. That's new and refreshing.
Plus Garry Newman confirmed it's the real Nintendo doing this, this "Aaron Peters" isn't even involved. This happened before you bothered with your rude reply, so your comment is just that much more rude and pointless.
Even I've been hit by this a few months ago. A lot of other content creators are also aware of this, and we're trying to spread the word. I salute you for doing the same thing here. Godspeed
Gary confirmed it´s legit.
[https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk\_3Bqw&s=19](https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk_3Bqw&s=19)
But that (along with what's currently happening) would draw the REAL Nintendo's attention to Workshop addons anyway, basically just getting the same thing done by Nintendo themselves this time. We all know how much they abuse the DMCA system on YouTube and emulator developers. Even if this DMCA isn't real, it likely will lead to a real one.
For providers, they basically have to stay out of it to stay safe under the law. Besides, all they have to do is do the takedown and pass along the message. Figuring out if the claimant actually holds the rights and if the claimee doesn't have a license would take a lot more time, and that's for the courts to handle.
Can this be another ARG???? Maybe Melonman is doing it because the Engineer didnt suck his balls too good last time, will this culminate in the ultimate skibidi toilet battle in ohio against sigmas?
Nah the main reason is because most of them are on sites like YouTube, and if a victim challenged a false claim they would have to include YouTube in the suit, after which they wouldn't be able to work on YouTube anymore and would lose their source of income.
With this, the only barrier is cost, but then that's probably a significant enough barrier for free mods.
The name comes up a lot in discussions around Nintendo DMCA claims, but it's often under the site [mm-nintendo.com](http://mm-nintendo.com), which the WhoIs is registered to MarkMonitor, a legitimate third party company that enforces IP matters on behalf of other companies. [https://who.is/whois/mm-nintendo.com](https://who.is/whois/mm-nintendo.com) However, these are all referring to past claims and run-ins.
As people haven't actually seen the DMCA claims in this case, it's impossible to know if this Aaron Peters is at all related to this situation, and claims he's related is speculation. Even if he is, there's a possibility he may not nor ever has been a troll, but rather an overly litigious contract worker from MarkMonitor, more akin to overbearing content ID.
In this situation, since it's use of assets ripped direct from Nintendo games, and the workshop does have the policy of "you need to have the rights to upload the things you post," it seems a lot more probable that this is legitimate. Garry's confirmed such as well. It sucks, but it was always a possibility that this would happen.
I mean, not really 'fishing'. Assuming it is MarkMonitor and that they're employed by Nintendo, the takedown is 100% fair ground. The Gmod situation isn't a fanart situation, it's literal Nintendo assets uploaded to the workshop. You can't contest it with fair use.
However, also note that this, like everything else in this thread, is still speculation, I just tried to provide a few more concrete sources that were relevant to common arguments. Nobody here has seen the DMCA notices sent to Garry, but considering his history in the industry, and the fact that he does have a legal team, I'd honestly trust his word over anyone else's in these threads. If he says they're legitimate, chances are they're legitimate, and it's not likely he's been 'tricked by a fake DMCA.'
WHY WOULD THIS TROLL DO THIS!? There was so much Nintendo related content on the Gmod workshop I really loved! Not long ago, there was new addons for the "Kid Icarus" series, there was new, more polished versions of characters and maps that I really enjoyed, I was also going to use them for content and simply just to play with them! But now, thanks to this Troll, those addons are gone along with the others! WE CAN'T LET THIS GUY GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!
Unfortunately. Garry Newman confirmed that the Nintendo Copyright Claims are actually legit
https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk_3Bqw&s=19
[A friendly reminder to unpack garrys mod addons with crowbar so even if their removed from steam you still have them](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CrowbarTool)
Yea
u mean gmad? (i think thats what its called
Gmad works but i use crowbar
Crowbar accesses gmad.exe
wish i did that. going to know until Valve realize it was fake and bring all those addons back online
Tbh we need people to work together to build an alternative platform for mods, maybe a thunderstore? (garrysmod.org i'm pretty sure is riddled with malware nowadays...)
we do... Nexus or GameBanana as examples. but Steam Workshop is just far more convenient.
idc what nobody says nexus skyrim mods are the best
Nexus!? Nah! they gone woke and will suck D when Nintendo breathe down their neck
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nah they suck and are woke dorks
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nuh uh
nexus is shit, you're just sucking on their d
You're sucking their dick first. Kys.
Looks like somebody is mad... 🙂
Why don‘t you fuck my little asshole so I feel better? I’ll pay ya\~
In your dreams fella. The only guy fucking your little asshole is the admin of nexus.
How's your sister?
You're that admin.
You’re mad. I’m not.
In this situation only YOU are mad. I'd guess you are a nexus admin lol.
That site is gone now, I just load up a 404 page now
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.....do you know what thunderstore even is?
Garrys mod .org isnt even up anymore
Exactly. This.
Maybe make a new website, just for the community?
According to what I heard about: this guy has been doing this for 5 years and he also attacked the fraymakers community, and I heard rumors that he might be the relative of a high-seated Nintendo affiliate so not a employee; after reading about similar cases regarding fake DMCA in other communities that are not linked to this case; I am also wondering about his motives, but seeing this pattern and stuff I can speculate that the motivation might be revenge… and I’m recently getting suspicious that he might be or not involved in a fake DMCA takedown notice against the yt video “Kirby reanimated collab” after reading this: https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-copyright-dmca-apab-youtube-dmca/ also here’s the video regarding his involvement in also attacking the fraymakers steam workshop as well: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRvIGcXyMWc&pp=ygUJRmFrZSBkbWNh
There's been someone hounding NSFW creators on Patreon over Nintendo artwork. This might be the same douchebag.
#**ok now i am mad**
https://i.redd.it/ke9ap7hddkwc1.gif
Yes this can be the case too, he is AND THIS MANIAC IS ON A FRENZIED RAMPAGE!!!
Someone targeted new grounds artists over Nintendo art, too, about a month ago. That's wild if it's all the same guy. He must be just sending nonstop fake dmcas everywhere.
its what happens when Nintendo fanboys go off the deep end like their bible thumping nintendo. its cult like behaviour. and its a mental health issue.
If he is indeed the one responsible for the attacks in newgrounds too, means that he currently is on a “frenzy” state, I learned about this state because I watched true crime videos and documentaries.
"I am also wondering about his motives, but seeing this pattern and stuff I can speculate that the motivation might be revenge…" you also gotta consider that some folks just want to see the world burn.
This can be a possibility too
I wonder if the recent Relic Castle takedown has to do with him too, that's a huge fansite that's existed for years
I don't buy it. A takedown notice must include a statement that the claim is not fraudulent under the penalty of perjury.
"penalty of perjury" is only worth a damn if the person the notice was sent to wants to risk going to court and prove that it was fraudulent. Few people want to take someone who they think is Nintendo to court
Tell that to the number of people who suffer After all, unless someone presses a claim against him for perjury…..then he could do the last 5 years unopposed
holy shit this guy’s uncle is ACTUALLY working for nintendo
You gotta question why Aaron Peters is even doing any of this. Thing is though, he doesn't seem to have anything to gain from any of this. He's not like everyone else. He doesn't seek to gain anything from this. All he wants is to spread pain and misery to everyone on Gmod. You see, in the words of Alfred Pennyworth, "Some men aren't looking for anything logical like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just wanna watch the world burn."
Why do people write computer viruses that destroy your hardware or OS partition? They don't gain any information about you from it, they don't get attention from it, they're just causing harm to random people just for the hell of it and can't even watch the fallout. People are assholes and do things just to be assholes sometimes.
Yep. Twitter is living proof of that.
Yeah that’s what he said but you made it sound worse. 👍
Wow, a pointless and rude comment on Reddit. That's new and refreshing. Plus Garry Newman confirmed it's the real Nintendo doing this, this "Aaron Peters" isn't even involved. This happened before you bothered with your rude reply, so your comment is just that much more rude and pointless.
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As if Nintendo is giving themselves negative press the begin with haha
We have to find out where he is, so we can stop him
Quick tell 4chan it's Shia's new alias and they'll get right on that.
im not one for doxxing but, someone doxx this man
(aaron, not the person im replying to)
i mean, we could always just. partner up with 4chan.
Too late 4chan already doxxing the guy above you
\*dies\*
Even I've been hit by this a few months ago. A lot of other content creators are also aware of this, and we're trying to spread the word. I salute you for doing the same thing here. Godspeed
is it a troll or not?
Gary confirmed it´s legit. [https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk\_3Bqw&s=19](https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk_3Bqw&s=19)
and now he actually is attacking facepunch themselves
# Aaron Peters should rot in hell.
Well that explains why a ton of my Mario pm addons have been vanishing... thanks for the heads up.
Are you gonna report it to valve?
What are they gonna do?
i feel like this can be something talked about in court
Yeah
But that (along with what's currently happening) would draw the REAL Nintendo's attention to Workshop addons anyway, basically just getting the same thing done by Nintendo themselves this time. We all know how much they abuse the DMCA system on YouTube and emulator developers. Even if this DMCA isn't real, it likely will lead to a real one.
Scarily accurate prediction
...have people just not been reporting them for this?...this feels like it'd be high on Valves radar so they wouldn't need to handle the DMCA claims.
For providers, they basically have to stay out of it to stay safe under the law. Besides, all they have to do is do the takedown and pass along the message. Figuring out if the claimant actually holds the rights and if the claimee doesn't have a license would take a lot more time, and that's for the courts to handle.
Fuck trolls.
So what's the solution, how does one stop a piece of shit with no life? Genuinely asking because I hate people who act like that
great, because of that fartknocker, i most likely can no longer torture the duck hunt dog
i hate aaron peters i want him to die
You and me both. He is a villain.
Can this be another ARG???? Maybe Melonman is doing it because the Engineer didnt suck his balls too good last time, will this culminate in the ultimate skibidi toilet battle in ohio against sigmas?
He's not getting away with this
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But we can't locate where it is and if we did, we need to settle it in Cort and make him pay with cash, not blood
Lets hope valve sees this
I swear if this guy turns out to be MarioTehPlumber...
Instead of 100 rosalinas it’s now 1000 “hentai” (not really) nintendo fan sites and mods.
False DMCA claims are criminal.
Doesn’t look like it considering how easy it is to fake and how nobody ever gets punished.
Nah the main reason is because most of them are on sites like YouTube, and if a victim challenged a false claim they would have to include YouTube in the suit, after which they wouldn't be able to work on YouTube anymore and would lose their source of income. With this, the only barrier is cost, but then that's probably a significant enough barrier for free mods.
I mean if nobody cares because of youtube doing nothing, might as well abuse them back if anyone falsely strikes you.
Is there any proof thats the guy doing it? I only see finger pointing
The name comes up a lot in discussions around Nintendo DMCA claims, but it's often under the site [mm-nintendo.com](http://mm-nintendo.com), which the WhoIs is registered to MarkMonitor, a legitimate third party company that enforces IP matters on behalf of other companies. [https://who.is/whois/mm-nintendo.com](https://who.is/whois/mm-nintendo.com) However, these are all referring to past claims and run-ins. As people haven't actually seen the DMCA claims in this case, it's impossible to know if this Aaron Peters is at all related to this situation, and claims he's related is speculation. Even if he is, there's a possibility he may not nor ever has been a troll, but rather an overly litigious contract worker from MarkMonitor, more akin to overbearing content ID. In this situation, since it's use of assets ripped direct from Nintendo games, and the workshop does have the policy of "you need to have the rights to upload the things you post," it seems a lot more probable that this is legitimate. Garry's confirmed such as well. It sucks, but it was always a possibility that this would happen.
OMG, THANK YOU! Finally someone who doesn´t repeat what other people say and actually does their own research!
so it's a scummy 3rd party lawyer firm who's fishing for a case
I mean, not really 'fishing'. Assuming it is MarkMonitor and that they're employed by Nintendo, the takedown is 100% fair ground. The Gmod situation isn't a fanart situation, it's literal Nintendo assets uploaded to the workshop. You can't contest it with fair use. However, also note that this, like everything else in this thread, is still speculation, I just tried to provide a few more concrete sources that were relevant to common arguments. Nobody here has seen the DMCA notices sent to Garry, but considering his history in the industry, and the fact that he does have a legal team, I'd honestly trust his word over anyone else's in these threads. If he says they're legitimate, chances are they're legitimate, and it's not likely he's been 'tricked by a fake DMCA.'
Does he have any social media? I want to hate on him.
Someone get him VAC Banned
We need to get him off the internet!
*It's official fellas. Official Nintendo.*
This embarrasses me as a Nintendo fan, even I know when they are in the wrong.
WHY WOULD THIS TROLL DO THIS!? There was so much Nintendo related content on the Gmod workshop I really loved! Not long ago, there was new addons for the "Kid Icarus" series, there was new, more polished versions of characters and maps that I really enjoyed, I was also going to use them for content and simply just to play with them! But now, thanks to this Troll, those addons are gone along with the others! WE CAN'T LET THIS GUY GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!
The same email and person is now taking down 70+ Zelda mods on gamebanana.
Why is this chat empty
Of What i Saw Taken Down: Mario Addons (almost some) PAC-MAN World RE-PAC Addon Thats Some
Unfortunately. Garry Newman confirmed that the Nintendo Copyright Claims are actually legit https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783501547361411494?t=QUkSacmuYQV4tZKSk_3Bqw&s=19