Wolfenstein 2009 removed from MyAbandonware by DMCA
Hi everyone,
This is my first post on Reddit, and I reckon this topic might be a good way to kick things off on this site. A few days ago, I was looking at a Reddit thread about Wolfenstein 2009 where a user wanted to download it, so they recommended using MyAbandonware.
However, the user later reported that the MyAbandonware link wasn’t working. After seeing that, I was curious and found it to be true, so I decided to email the owner, who replied with the following:
>“Got a DMCA notice, we had to delete the page as the whole website can get closed due to a single game”.
I also noticed that it wasn’t the only site affected; several links on Archive.org had also been removed due to DMCA takedowns. This caught my attention because it didn’t seem normal to me that a game that was no longer being sold, had no updates, and was in a complex licensing situation would suddenly be subject to a DMCA claim.
I don’t know if they’re considering the possibility of re-releasing the 2009 Wolfenstein, but on SteamDB I’ve seen that there was a recent update in March. If it really is coming back, I hope it’ll be on GOG as well.
What do you think about this?