The lawsuit alleges that the groups violated copyright law in “resurrecting” the game without permission, as well as deriving a profit off of the operation of the SMT Imagine fan server.
Atlus has filed a lawsuit against two groups connected with fan-run servers operating the officially-closed online RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (or SMT Imagine).
The complaint alleges that the owners violated US copyright law by creating and operating an “exact copy” of the original SMT Imagine website, distributing the game for free, and operating a private game server without permission.
The SMT Imagine fan server started in December 2020, and was a wholly unmodified version of the original game.