In topic: "OF COURSE YOU CAN DMCA SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE THEM "

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025, 7:48 PM25 days ago

I guess I've kind of had my mind changed in recent times, where I used to believe that perhaps Hussie was maybe guilty of legal abuse but now I am just not sure if even that is the case. One on hand, I do believe that Hussie had no real right to take down the actual reader for the UHC, just the asset pack, which would've made the UHC virtually unusable anyway due to the fact you need one for the other to even function lol. Hussie owns the asset pack but not the other stuff, because it's code made by Gio and Bambosh.


But I also agree that Hussie doesn't actually have to work with people who they feel have done them wrong in the past, and they especially don't have to give a license out to use their work to a person they just don't like. There's nothing wrong with that inherently, and I feel like a lot of people seem to think that Hussie is being "mean" by obviously playing favorites with his IP lol. They're well within their right to just not want to do that at all. And Hussie has been really lenient with this person and has made a lot of effort to work with them and other creators. I think trying to frame this as if Hussie wants to take down similar things like other mirrors of Homestuck is ridiculous at best, and intentionally dishonest at worst. Most creators would not even make something like FRAF or HICU if they really "wanted to get rid of their work". Or wanted complete control over their work lol.


I also just feel like Gio has left out a lot of details on his end to put himself in a more favorable light, and it doesn't help that both articles he wrote are littered with what are incredibly petty attacks of character that have nothing to do with the main issue at hand. I also think Gio has no real right to know anything about the inner workings of FRAF or HICU at all, it is indeed like waltzing into a business and demanding the secretary tell you everything and then calling her a corporate shill when she goes "I can't do that and also you're making me uncomfortable."



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