mod and UI alterations may have caused this copyright call
Square Enix has right of first publication take the TV of the World First Dragonsong Ultimate clear . The Dragonsong Ultimate Raid is Final Fantasy XIV ’s newest and most challenging raid . Last week it was defeated by Neverland Raid Team , who later posted video of the kill on YouTube . Today ( May 9 ) , that picture was copyright claimed and removed by Square Enix .
The remotion was first bring to the wider biotic community ’s attention after a post on the Final Fantasy XIV official Twitter .
The first teams to sort out Dragonsong ’s Reprise ( Ultimate ) have come forth . Congratulations!For those of you who are still progress , good destiny as you continue push on at your own pace! ❗ ️We’d like to total something about 3rd - company cock , so please read our next tweet . ( 1/2 )
In the post , Square congratulated the winners of the race , but also used it to highlight its insurance on third - party tools and change . They then linked to a full post on the Final Fantasy XIVLodestone website .
In aReddit threadabout the removal , users suppose about the reasoning for the remotion . Two possibility exist , one suggesting that it has been removed for a violation of the Terms of Service ( ToS ) , and others believing it ’s related to the usage of copyrighted music .
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The ToS violation would be come to to the use of third - company creature and exploiter interface ( UI ) altering elements in Final Fantasy XIV . In the cosmos first drink down telecasting , the stop of thought character apply plugins to change the UI . Adifferent head of view(PoV ) of the killing , from the political party ’s Thelonious Sphere Monk , has escaped remotion . Since this PoV demo off only one very minor UI alteration ( an FPS rejoinder in the top box ) , this lack of remotion made the UI modification theory most likely .
However , Square Enix has also historically been very diligent in right of first publication exact its euphony on YouTube . But with the post on Lodestone , and the Tweet , it seems clear what Square Enix ’s message is : kudos , but no third - party tool .
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