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Dark Souls DSFix taken down due to alleged copyright infringement

Modder Durante had a cruel surprise waiting for him from Dropbox: an allegation of copyright infringement from Bandai Namco over his DSFix creation.

Ozzie Mejia

December 22, 2014 10:15 PM

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Dark Souls users on PC have had their lives made infinitely better with modder Durante's DSFix, which serves to fix some of the game's rendering issues. Today, Durante received a rather unpleasant surprise when he was slapped with a copyright infringement notice, seemingly from Bandai Namco.

Durante contends on NeoGAF that none of his work specifically infringes on any copyrights, since it doesn't actually use any game code. Meanwhile, Bandai Namco appears to be taken aback by this, with community manager J. Kartje acknowledging on Twitter that he's actively looking into this situation.

Shacknews has reached out to both Bandai Namco and Durante for comment and will continue to monitor this situation closely. Credit to poster DeBurgo for the tip.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?