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Roblox Football game Fusion, i of the platform's most popular sports-themed games, got taken downward from the server on Fri, December 3. The disappearance of the game has acquired mass confusion amid players asking what caused the game to be removed from the platform. Even so, its removal points to a unmarried cause: copyright.

Staff members said on the Football Fusion Discord that the NFL issued a DMCA takedown find to the game over the use of official squad uniforms and names within the game. While it may sound similar a ridiculous reason for the game to exist taken downwards, the logos for teams like the Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Los Angeles Chargers, to proper noun a few, are trademarked by the NFL. Therefore, nether copyright constabulary, they cannot be used for a game or other products without express permission from the league.

The NFL partnered with Roblox nearly 2 weeks ago to do various promotions on the platform. This is likely due to the fact that it's the middle of the NFL's flavour and they're trying to promote the playoffs for the Super Bowl, which is a couple of months abroad.

Xstns, the administrator of the Football Fusion Discord server, said they expected something like a DMCA discover to happen as soon equally the partnership was formed. However, they deemed it pointless to clear the game of every NFL material since there are several gameplay videos on YouTube displaying the copyrighted material. They added that they will piece of work with Roblox to see if they can restore the game'southward original URL sans the NFL teams.