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[โ€“] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 126 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (20 children)

New York Times really is hurting for money, huh?

I mean, in the USA you cannot copyright or trademark the broad gameplay mechanics theyre claiming to own (even specific gameplay mechanics like portals from Portal), nor would those be protectable under DMCA, so everything theyre trying to claim will be immediately tossed out of court.

Theyre literally trying to copy Nintendo. They dont want to go to court. They want settlement money.

[โ€“] Deceptichum@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Or they want to bully smaller devs who don't have the resources to fight them to close down.

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