What do you think of the Pewds vs Firewatch scandal?
Hello, first GD post but this got my blood boiling so i figured i would ask around here.
If you want to know what happened in case you dont. Pewdiepie in a stream said "the N word." Now I don't really like Pewdiepie and what he said was WAY off limits. However Sean Vanaman a developer for the game firewatch had this to say.
https://twitter.com/vanaman/status/906983575337107456 (If you follow the link it leads to a much longer string of comments of what Vanaman fully said.)
Now this IMO is a really scummy thing. There are a million ways to not endorse Pewdiepie, as well as not associate with him. But a 0 warning DMCA claim when THIS: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJZxjHPUEAAPbSW.jpg is on your website is just a dick move.
So because someone several months if not years into the future said something you dont like you will instantly DMCA them? Im sorry but that is setting a dangerous precedent for other companies to follow suit.
This hurts new and smaller creators 1 million times more than it does PewDiePie. And personally if Sean liked streamers and gamers like he said he does he should find other less scummy ways to deal with it.
The legality of doing this is still being debated and we dont even know if Pewds will fight it. I hope he does and win since this is quite an unjust and dangerous thing to do.
So whats you guys' thoughts on this?