Microsoft DMCA’s Halo Online Twitch Streams

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Really not sure where this is heading.

Remember that article about the Halo Online: Eldewrito mod? And how I said they probably won’t zap it from the internet? Well, you can still download and play the game, that’s still up and working. But Microsoft has been DMCA-ing streams of the game on Twitch.

The creators of Eldewrito wrote in a blog post that they’ve been in contact with 343 Studios:

There was no Cease and Desist, no DMCA, just an brief conversation about what they suggest we do […] To be completely honest, we do not know the answer to this question yet. Our conversation with 343 was very brief. Since ElDewrito itself is simply an open source mod and not a Microsoft asset, the mod itself will not be taken down. However, it appears that any Microsoft assets required to play the game (MS23 builds, Full 0.6 game zips, ect) will likely be taken down by Microsoft. All we know is that have been told to temporarily halt development until more information is available, and we must honor this request. During this time, please do not make threats or harass 343 Industries.

The major conceit of the whole thing seems to be that, while the Eldewrito mod itself is fine with Microsoft, the usage of the base game is not. Likely due to the fact that Halo Online is still their intellectual property, regardless of how the studio working on it left things. Regardless, everyone is pretty upset; especially streamers that got a black mark on their record over the whole thing.

And Twitch themselves are advising against streaming the game for the time being.

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https://twitter.com/HassanBokhari/status/989206138410352640

The end result isn’t easily predictable at this time. But, most likely, it’s going to bring development of the mod to a (hopefully) temporary halt.

Source: PC Gamer

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