From PC Mag: MapleStory game publisher Nexon is fighting Discord in the US court system because Nexon wants the chat platform to hand over more user information so it can tackle what it says is a piracy problem.
An unspecified number of Discord users are violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), according to the publisher. It's sent a subpoena to force Discord to comply with its user data requests so that Nexon can take legal action against those users. Nexon says Discord users "often" share "pirated versions of video games" through the social platform, and believes it is "rightfully entitled" to user data and information Discord stores that could help it stop the alleged pirates.
Nexon has sent Discord DMCA notices, which are takedown requests like what record labels use to pull reposted music off of YouTube. Nintendo has also used the DMCA to force platforms like Github to delete copies of Nintendo Switch emulators.
"Discord has failed to produce any responsive documents or written responses on or before the time for compliance," Nexon attorneys wrote in a proposed motion to compel a response to its subpoena last week.
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