Why the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?

  • partial_accumen
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    14 hours ago

    I think you’re touching on trademark infringement already with what you covered. I would also guess to remove any legal liability for slander/libel. There are legal protections for satire, but even that has limits. If you make a villain that kills people love a particular brand of burger that company could say you’re suggesting only criminals like their product opening up the author for a lawsuit.

    • @[email protected]
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      fedilink
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      13 hours ago

      Right… and I really wanted the OP to give an example in case everyone was misunderstanding some nuance in what they were referring to.