Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-22224-20190129194843/@comment-22224-20190130182830

Good morning. I want to address a few points before we proceed:

I understand the concern and skepticism the community has towards this DMCA notice. To be blunt, obviously you guys have noticed some things we noticed and investigated.

Please be aware that the DMCA law and our Safe Harbor status gives us limited recourse for what we can clarify with the copyright holder and how soon we must act. As I stated previously, our general counsel reviewed the situation in its entirety and found it legally binding until such time we have had it retracted by the copyright holder.

Someone here has discussed filing a counter notice. I am legally not allowed to give any advice on the matter, but I would urge anyone who would consider that to talk about it with a licensed attorney, as counternotices can open you personally up to significant legal liability.

As I stated, without direct evidence to the contrary, the DMCA Takedown we have is the legally supercedent document and we must act on it. We are pursuing further communication with the owners of the game in hopes of coming to a long-term solution or clarification. I will begin the deletion process within the next few hours.