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Supermarket Tycoon false DMCA Takedown

So sorry to be posting this announcement on here but the supermarket tycoon page will be down for 10-14 days due to a false DMCA Takedown.

Yesterday I recived an email form valve stating that my product has been taken down due to a copyright claim. However upon further inspection I found that the takedown was issued by someone I know (I won't reveal their identity at this particular point) and not the suppossed copyright holder. The aformentioned copyright also does not cover any content in the game as the game is using 100% original content. Therefore there is no way that they will be able to refute my counter-claim unless the afformentioned party, which does not hold copyright and is not the creator of the content the game is in "supposed" copyright violation with (which it's not), would like to persue a court case they will not win. It takes a total of 10-14 days for the page to be restored, unless the other party wants to take the issue to court, which won't happen unless they want to waste resources on a case they cannot possibly win. Therefore the games steam release will be delayed until the padge is restored (10-14 days). However you can pick it up now on itch.io for $1 off the steam price if you were hoping to get the game earlier, or would just like to help support.
https://nickrizzo.itch.io/supermarket-tycoon

Thank you to all those who supported me on itch.io after the takedown!

Multiplayer trailer coming soon ;)

^ending on something positive