diff --git a/2026/08/2026-08-18-konger-studio.md b/2026/08/2026-08-18-konger-studio.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0a48336d89 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/08/2026-08-18-konger-studio.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf? If you are submitting this notice on behalf of a company, please be sure to use an email address on the company's domain. If you use a personal email address for a notice submitted on behalf of a company, we may not be able to process it.** + +Yes, I am authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. + +**Are you submitting a revised DMCA notice after GitHub Trust & Safety requested you make changes to your original notice?** + +No + +**Does your claim involve content on GitHub or npm.js?** + +GitHub + +**Please describe the nature of your copyright ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.** + +I am [private] at Kongor Studios LLC ("the Company"), the developer and commercial operator of the video game Heroes of Newerth. The Company holds the exclusive rights to the Heroes of Newerth intellectual property, including the game's source code, engine source code, game scripts, shaders, artwork, audio, and all other game content, in a chain of title originating with S2 Games, the game's original developer. The Company develops and commercially operates the game today at https://heroesofnewerth.com/. I am authorized by the Company to act on its behalf in intellectual property matters, including the submission of this notice. + +I previously submitted notice #4554366, which resulted in the removal of [private] on [private]. + +**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.** + +The copyrighted work is the complete, unpublished, proprietary source code and development environment of the video game Heroes of Newerth, together with the game's complete proprietary asset library. + +The reported repository is, by its owner's own description, "A complete copy of the Heroes of Newerth development environment from January 2011". That description is accurate. The repository contains, among other things: + +- src/k2 - the source code of the Company's K2 game engine +- src/hon_client, src/hon_server, src/hon_shared - the game client and dedicated server source code +- src/aba_client, src/aba_server, src/aba_shared, src/game_client, src/game_server, src/game_shared - further client, server, and shared game source code +- src/vid_d3d9, src/vid_gl2 - the Company's Direct3D and OpenGL renderer source code +- src/editor, src/editor_x, src/modelviewer, src/K2_Updater, src/stats_uploader - the Company's proprietary tooling source code +- HoN Master Server - the source code of the game's master server, including client_request_class.php +- HoN Chat Server - the source code of the game's chat server +- lib/k2public - the Company's engine headers, including chatserver_protocol.h +- Heroes of Newerth/ - 27,184 files of proprietary game content, including 2,922 .wav and 2,915 .ogg audio assets, 1,601 .tga textures, 1,136 .entity game scripts, 1,187 .effect files, 681 .model files, 666 .material files, and 264 .vsh shader programs + +3,006 of the source files in this repository carry an explicit copyright notice in the form "(C)2004 S2 Games" through "(C)2010 S2 Games". The Company's ownership of this material is stated on the face of the files themselves. + +This source code has never been published or licensed for distribution. It is not an abandoned or historical artifact. Substantial portions of it remain the source code of the Company's live commercial product today: 867 files in this repository share a filename with the Company's current engine source tree, and across a random sample of 118 of those files, a median of 52.4 percent of the lines in the leaked file are still present verbatim in the corresponding file the Company ships today. Publication of this repository therefore discloses the current source code of a live commercial product. + +The repository is an exact and complete reproduction of the Company's proprietary work. It is not transformative, adds no commentary or criticism, carries no licence of any kind, and reproduces the work in its entirety rather than any limited portion. It directly harms the market for the Company's commercial product and has been used as the source material for unauthorized reimplementations of the Company's online services. Having considered the four fair use factors, including the unpublished nature of the work, the wholesale and verbatim extent of the copying, and the market harm, I do not believe any fair use defence applies. + +**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.** + +The Company's game is commercially operated at https://heroesofnewerth.com/. + +The source code that is the subject of this notice is unpublished and proprietary. It is not available online from the Company or from any authorized source, and never has been. + +**We ask that a DMCA takedown notice list every specific file in the repository that is infringing, unless the entire contents of the repository are infringing on your copyright. Please clearly state that the entire repository is infringing, OR provide the specific files within the repository you would like removed.** + +**Based on the above, I confirm that:** + +The entire repository is infringing + +**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:** + +https://github.com/shawwn/hon + +**Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology if you are unsure.** + +No + +**If you are reporting an allegedly infringing fork, please note that each fork is a distinct repository and must be identified separately. Please read more about forks. As forks may often contain different material than in the parent repository, if you believe any of the repositories or files in the forks are infringing, please list each fork URL below:** + +https://github.com/cakctus/hon +https://github.com/leodutra/hon +https://github.com/xGitHubUser999x/Shawwn-hon +https://github.com/top-master/game-moba-hon +https://github.com/CarlosGaLo/hon +https://github.com/zarulshahrin/hon + +**Based on the representative number of forks I have reviewed, I believe that all or most of the forks are infringing to the same extent as the parent repository.** + +**Is the work licensed under an open source license?** + +No + +**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?** + +Reported content must be removed + +**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.** + +**I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law.** + +**I have taken fair use into consideration.** + +**I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.** + +**I have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice.** + +**So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.** + +[private] + +**Please type your full name for your signature.** + +[private]