This is just bullshit. I don't care that much about the whole Ghibli AI filters, but they are really stretching the current copyright system with this. The only thing that Gib Studio could be violating is trademark law by calling it Gib, but everything else is wrong.

1. You cannot copyright or patent an art-style.
2. The AI is only using Studio Ghibli's work as a reference while also using a real life photo to create a drawing. It's like if I took a photo and drew a cartoon version of it in Butch Hartman's style and used Fairly Odd Parents screenshots as references.
3. People are mostly using the tool to share images on social media. They aren't doing anything for commercial purposes. It's no different than people who draw pictures of themselves in the Powerpuff Girls art-style for example.
4. People aren't stupid enough to believe that Studio Ghibli would endorse something because something is drawn in it's artstyle. People have been drawing offensive memes using various works and they almost never harm the reputation of the original creators...unless you are Ben Garrison.

@xianc78 this shit is gay and with this C&D they officially lost the culture war to AI of all things
the trend was already starting to die down, ffs

@tomie @xianc78 the problem is, this letter is fake.

Author of this letter says it is fake.
It is added to the OP that this letter is fake: https://x.com/tj_littlejohn/status/1905458426110419387

@Lemonid I immediate clocked it as fake when the domain didn't resolve. Also, it's worth noting that this could be considered fraud. @tomie @xianc78

@picandor @Lemonid @tomie Why would someone even create a fake C&D? Are they trying to stir drama?

@xianc78 @picandor @Lemonid @tomie dude like half the shit nintendo c&ds is not even nintendo. it's people who either want to start shit or they are such insane nintendo fanboys that they will go to the lengths of shutting down fan projects for them.

@beardalaxy @picandor @Lemonid @tomie I remember Iwata saying that he didn't care about fan games, but after his passing, Reggie made comments saying "please respect our properties and we will respect yours".

It wouldn't surprise me if half of these Nintendo C&Ds are fake. It seems like Nintendo themselves go after fan projects because they have something similar they are working on (e.g going after AM2R because they already had a Metroid II remake in the works). Meanwhile there are so many fangames and ROM hacks that Nintendo never seemed to care about like Mari0.

@xianc78 @picandor @Lemonid @tomie there was someone pretending to be a lawyer that no longer worked at Nintendo for years, kaze did a video about it a while ago