Freenom is the domain, they sent me a cease and desist earlier. I personally do not see why they think retros not making any money are a threat, but what ever, welcome to corporate logic: there is none.
Picture this. You sell hot dogs under a company called "I <3 Hot Dogs, Inc.", then someone starts a company called "We <3 Hot Dogs, Inc." and they give the same or better hot dogs away for free under a similar name and with the same exact product and it's across the street from your company. Would you say, "as long as they're not selling the hot dogs"? Or would you say, "they stole my company and my business, I'm going to get them shut down."?
It's so stupid how we act like retros are some innocent thing and we're not doing anything wrong. While we may not want to admit that our poop retro with 10 users is really hurting Habbo. At the end of the day, that's 10 users that aren't likely using or paying Habbo for the same or similar game. Just because we don't like Habbo doesn't make it legal for us to rip it off and present it as our own. I don't really care, I've owned hotels before and recently I've realized how stupid it is. No amount of users or money can give you the same enjoyment you had originally on Habbo. That's the real reason most of you still try to make these hotels last.
Besides, it's like
Cankiee had said, this wasn't Sulake, it was Freenom. Believe it or not, just because they're free domains doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with them. It violates their terms, otherwise you would have an actual DMCA notice, most likely in the mail.
And like
The General said, people send fake DMCA notices. In fact, anyone can send a DMCA notice claiming you've stolen their content and claiming to be anyone. A Cease and Desist literally just means stop what you're doing or we'll take legal action. 9 times out of 10, they don't take legal action. I could send your host a cease and desist about you claiming to be an affiliate of Sulake. There is no real merit in it. If Sulake really truly wants to take you down, you will probably receive a notice in the mail from Sulake's lawyers.
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