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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by qaucnnnsicuwbr on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @03:18AM (#19736260)
I'm no copyright lawyer but couldn't they have issued a licence to use the trademark to the author if this was the case?

They could have supported this as a homage to the franchise, supported their fans creativity, and gotten lots of free publicity to boot.

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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by andai on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:44AM (#19736606)
Here we see not the absence of a way, but of a will.
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