Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

<p>Luanti’s Android app is currently not available on the

<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.minetest.minetest">Google Play Store</a>

due to a baseless

<a href="https://lumendatabase.org/notices/93778051">DMCA notice</a> filed on behalf of

Microsoft by Tracer.AI, alleging that Luanti infringes Minecraft’s copyright. The

Luanti app does not contain any proprietary code or assets, from Minecraft or

otherwise.</p>

<p>We received a similar notice from the same company in 2023 and successfully

appealed against it. This company also filed a similar notice this year against

an indie game with similar voxel art style by the name of

<a href="https://allumeria.com/">Allumeria</a>.</p>

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<ul>

<li><a href="#what-is-luanti">What is Luanti?</a></li>

<li><a href="#what-is-the-dmca-notice">What is the DMCA notice?</a></li>

<li><a href="#which-assets">Which assets?</a></li>

<li><a href="#cubes-are-for-everyone">Cubes are for everyone</a></li>

<li><a href="#what-is-tracerai">What is Tracer.AI?</a></li>

<li><a href="#this-is-not-the-first-time-this-has-happened">This is not the first time this has happened</a></li>

<li><a href="#this-cant-keep-happening">This can’t keep happening</a></li>

<li><a href="#what-next">What next?</a></li>

</ul>

<h2 id="what-is-luanti">What is Luanti?</h2>