Unomelon, the developer of the sandbox game Allumeria, shared that Microsoft filed a DMCA takedown notice, leading to the game’s removal from Steam. The title was temporarily taken down from the platform, but now its Steam page has been restored and is active again.
On Discord, the developer said he received a message from Valve stating that the company had received a DMCA takedown notice from Microsoft, alleging that Allumeria’s use of Minecraft-related content infringed its rights. As an example of the allegedly infringing content, Microsoft referred to the screenshot shown above. As a result, Allumeria was temporarily removed from Steam.
According to the rules, the developer could have submitted a counter-notice asserting that the game did not infringe any rights. Unomelon supposed that the claim was handled automatically, probably by an automated enforcement service Tracer.AI, meaning no human representatives from Microsoft reviewed the situation.
That seemed to prove true, as the game’s Steam page was fully restored the following day without Unomelon needing to file a counter-notice, avoiding legal action.
