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Summary
 Nintendo issues a cease and decease order against super smash Bros tournament franchise "the big house" due to the use of fan made technology that allowed their 20 yr old game to played online using rollback netcode.
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My thoughts
 Nintendo is once again flexing their legal arm against the use of modding and emulation of their software. One reason this is important is because its happening during a global pandemic and this fan made tool allows an event that hosted 3000 people the previous year in 2019 to be played online where people can be isolated. Also not only has Nintendo taken down the tournament but has also sent cease and desist to past tournaments that were already held to take down the YouTube and twitch recordings of the matches played with this technology. This can create a huge precedent for companies that want to be overprotective with their IPs to crack down on gaming communities that thrive with the use of modding and emulation as well as the implications of how much control can a game publisher have in the context of eSports. A similar incident happened 2 years ago with Toei and  Capcom and the game Dragonball fighterZ
 
Sources
 https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/articles/nintendo-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-fans-twitter-explodes/86457489/
 
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/super-smash-bros-melee-online-tournament-canceled-by-nintendo-cease-and-desist/1100-6484683/
 
http://shoryuken.com/2018/12/24/maximilian-speaks-out-on-dragon-ball-fighterzs-alleged-copyright-issues-and-tournament-woes/

Summary
 Nintendo issues a cease and decease order against super smash Bros tournament franchise "the big house" due to the use of fan made technology that allowed their 20 yr old game to played online using rollback netcode.
Quotes
 
My thoughts
 Nintendo is once again flexing their legal arm against the use of modding and emulation of their software. One reason this is important is because its happening during a global pandemic and this fan made tool allows an event that hosted 3000 people the previous year in 2019 to be played online where people can be isolated. Also not only has Nintendo taken down the tournament but has also sent cease and desist to past tournaments that were already held to take down the YouTube and twitch recordings of the matches played with this technology. This can create a huge precedent for companies that want to be overprotective with their IPs to crack down on gaming communities that thrive with the use of modding and emulation as well as the implications of how much control can a game publisher have in the context of eSports. A similar incident happened 2 years ago with Toei and  Capcom and the game Dragonball fighterZ
 
Sources
 https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/articles/nintendo-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-fans-twitter-explodes/86457489/
 
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/super-smash-bros-melee-online-tournament-canceled-by-nintendo-cease-and-desist/1100-6484683/
 
http://shoryuken.com/2018/12/24/maximilian-speaks-out-on-dragon-ball-fighterzs-alleged-copyright-issues-and-tournament-woes/

Summary
 Nintendo issues a cease and decease order against super smash Bros tournament franchise "the big house" due to the use of fan made technology that allowed their 20 yr old game to played online using rollback netcode.
Quotes
 
My thoughts
 Nintendo is once again flexing their legal arm against the use of modding and emulation of their software. One reason this is important is because its happening during a global pandemic and this fan made tool allows an event that hosted 3000 people the previous year in 2019 to be played online where people can be isolated. Also not only has Nintendo taken down the tournament but has also sent cease and desist to past tournaments that were already held to take down the YouTube and twitch recordings of the matches played with this technology. This can create a huge precedent for companies that want to be overprotective with their IPs to crack down on gaming communities that thrive with the use of modding and emulation as well as the implications of how much control can a game publisher have in the context of eSports. A similar incident happened 2 years ago with Toei and  Capcom and the game Dragonball fighterZ
 
Sources
 https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/articles/nintendo-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-fans-twitter-explodes/86457489/
 
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/super-smash-bros-melee-online-tournament-canceled-by-nintendo-cease-and-desist/1100-6484683/
 
http://shoryuken.com/2018/12/24/maximilian-speaks-out-on-dragon-ball-fighterzs-alleged-copyright-issues-and-tournament-woes/

Summary
 Nintendo issues a cease and decease order against super smash Bros tournament franchise "the big house" due to the use of fan made technology that allowed their 20 yr old game to played online using rollback netcode.
Quotes
 
My thoughts
 Nintendo is once again flexing their legal arm against the use of modding and emulation of their software. One reason this is important is because its happening during a global pandemic and this fan made tool allows an event that hosted 3000 people the previous year in 2019 to be played online where people can be isolated. Also not only has Nintendo taken down the tournament but has also sent cease and desist to past tournaments that were already held to take down the YouTube and twitch recordings of the matches played with this technology. This can create a huge precedent for companies that want to be overprotective with their IPs to crack down on gaming communities that thrive with the use of modding and emulation as well as the implications of how much control can a game publisher have in the context of eSports. A similar incident happened 2 years ago with Toei and  Capcom and the game Dragonball fighterZ
 
Sources
 https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/articles/nintendo-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-fans-twitter-explodes/86457489/
 
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/super-smash-bros-melee-online-tournament-canceled-by-nintendo-cease-and-desist/1100-6484683/
 
http://shoryuken.com/2018/12/24/maximilian-speaks-out-on-dragon-ball-fighterzs-alleged-copyright-issues-and-tournament-woes/

Summary
 Nintendo issues a cease and decease order against super smash Bros tournament franchise "the big house" due to the use of fan made technology that allowed their 20 yr old game to played online using rollback netcode.
Quotes
 
My thoughts
 Nintendo is once again flexing their legal arm against the use of modding and emulation of their software. One reason this is important is because its happening during a global pandemic and this fan made tool allows an event that hosted 3000 people the previous year in 2019 to be played online where people can be isolated. Also not only has Nintendo taken down the tournament but has also sent cease and desist to past tournaments that were already held to take down the YouTube and twitch recordings of the matches played with this technology. This can create a huge precedent for companies that want to be overprotective with their IPs to crack down on gaming communities that thrive with the use of modding and emulation as well as the implications of how much control can a game publisher have in the context of eSports. A similar incident happened 2 years ago with Toei and  Capcom and the game Dragonball fighterZ
 
Sources
 https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/articles/nintendo-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-fans-twitter-explodes/86457489/
 
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/super-smash-bros-melee-online-tournament-canceled-by-nintendo-cease-and-desist/1100-6484683/
 
http://shoryuken.com/2018/12/24/maximilian-speaks-out-on-dragon-ball-fighterzs-alleged-copyright-issues-and-tournament-woes/