First the email I got:
From: DMCA <dmca@valvesoftware.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice 48718
To: awesomea900@gmail.com <awesomea900@gmail.com>
Cc: DMCA <dmca@valvesoftware.com>
DMCA Takedown Notice on your item
Valve has received a DMCA copyright takedown notice directed at your game on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/3566610/Age_of_War/. A copy of the notice is set forth in full at the end of this email.
Lyndon Bolanac on behalf of 1004319 Alberta Ltd. o/a Max Games Studios alleges that they are the copyright owner of the game Age of War found here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxgames.ageofwar1&hl, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/age-of-war/id964911178 and that your use of their game content without their authorization infringes their rights.
As a result of this complaint, we have temporarily removed your game from Steam as required by law.
Valve follows the procedure set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The DMCA is a United States copyright law that governs online service provider liability in case of a copyright infringement claim. When we receive a DMCA notice, Valve must take down the allegedly infringing copyright materials; otherwise, Valve could be subject to a copyright infringement claim.
Counter-Notice Process
If you feel that the DMCA notice filed against you is inaccurate, Valve can reinstate your posting on Steam only upon receipt of a DMCA-compliant counter-notice from you containing the following information listed below. Upon receipt of your counter-notice, the claimant is allowed 10 business days to bring legal proceedings against you. If we do not receive notice of such proceeding within that period, then we will reinstate your content.
Please note: If the content in your post infringed when the original copyright complaint arrived, your counter-notice is not legally valid. Do not submit a counter-notice if there was illegal content, even if it has now been removed.
1. Identify the material that Valve removed or disabled access to and the location at which it previously appeared.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3566610/Age_of_War/
2. Your statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that Valve removed that material due to a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
I, __________________, hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that Valve removed that material due to a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
3. Your name, complete mailing address, and telephone number.
Name
Mailing Address
Telephone number
4. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of your local federal District Court (or if you are located outside the United States, the Federal District Court for Western Washington, where Valve is located) and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the notice of alleged copyright infringement (or an agent of that person).
I, __________________, hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in which my home (identified above) is located, (or if I live outside the United States, the Federal District Court for Western Washington, where Valve is located). I further promise that I will accept service of process from the person who provided the notice of alleged copyright infringement (or an agent of that person).
5. Your physical or electronic signature.
/Signature/, digital signature, or a scanned copy of this statement with your handwritten signature. This signature indicates your willingness to stand behind the statements you make.
If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own counsel. Valve cannot provide legal advice. Please let us know if you have any other questions about this notification.
Thanks for your attention.
DMCA Team
Valve Corporation
CONTENT BEING REPORTED
Alex Piotrowski added our game, Age of War, to Steam. The infringement includes using the same name, backgrounds, characters, turrets, icons, bases and abilities that are in our game.
ORIGINAL CONTENT
I am internal legal counsel at 1004319 Alberta Ltd. o/a Max Games Studios. Our company is the legal owner of the game Age of War. Official versions of Age of War can be found on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxgames.ageofwar1&hl
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/age-of-war/id964911178
Plaintiff
Lyndon Bolanac
On behalf of copyright holder: 1004319 Alberta Ltd. o/a Max Games Studios
1A 205 Chatelain Drive
St. Albert, Alberta T8N5A4
CA
7806686075
Signed by: Lyndon Bolanac
I am incredibly upset and sad Max games filed a copyright claim on the game. It was free for everyone to play. I did not make a single cent. It was done in my spare time. I guess I should have known It was going to get DCMA.
Code can still be seen here:
https://github.com/apiotrowski255/age-of-war
If anything, I can reskin everything.
Max games has truly killed Age of War