• @Couldbealeotard
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    163 months ago

    You are conflating copyright and patents. Copyright is protection for the expression of an idea, like the art design. This is a patent issue, which is a protection of how something works.

    If somehow I patent a vague mechanic like “a method of selecting weapons with the directions of an analogue stick or mouse, presented as an 8 direction on screen circle.” Then I could sue Red Dead Redemption and Batman Arkham, despite there being no copyright infringement with whatever game I made with that feature.

    • @Cock_Inspecting_Asexual
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      -73 months ago

      Aren’t they suing because of the 3d models?? not the design of them but the fact they took Nintendo models and tweaked them???

      If im deadass wrong I will 100% shut tf up and delete my rants.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        143 months ago

        Aren’t they suing because of the 3d models??

        No, they’re not. The word “patent” is used in every single article about this repeatedly. Patents are not the same as copyrights.

        A copyright protects a creative work: A work of fiction, a movie, a character.

        A patent protects the method in which the way a thing functions: A machine, a chip, an algorithm, or in Nintendo’s assertion certain vague gameplay concepts.

        • @Cock_Inspecting_Asexual
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          -63 months ago

          I said this many times before. I was assuming the PATENT they are suing was the base model. Not the design, the base model.

          • @Cypher
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            33 months ago

            Read the article you fucking spanner

      • Rain World: Slugcat Game
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        43 months ago

        according to first sentence of article, it was a patent infringement lawsuit, so you are deadass wrong.

        • @Cock_Inspecting_Asexual
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          3 months ago

          i already admitted to being wrong. Name calling isnt needed anymore

          edit: I LOVE HAVING READING COMPREHENSION ISSUES!!!🩷🩵🩷🩵

          • @[email protected]
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            3 months ago

            Being called wrong is not the same as being called a name.

            But respect for admitting being wrong.

            • @Cock_Inspecting_Asexual
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              33 months ago

              I once again am here to admit a loss.

              I missread “Deadass” as “Dipshit”

              In conclusion I AM WAY TOO FUCKING AUTISTIC FOR THIS POST RN. Reading comprehension got me at an all time low 😭😭😭