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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

INB4 Nintendo sues Sony for filing Nintendo-like lawsuits

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 18 points 2 days ago

we copyrighted that behavior last week! keep up!

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

American court grants Nintendo trademark on unenforceable trademarks

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Horizon: Temu Dawn

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In Sony's defense, this actually seems like a case of copyright working as intended. Tencent basically started creating a Horizon game before getting approval from Sony, then they asked Sony and Sony said no, so they just went ahead and made it anyway, but they did the bare minimum to obscure that the game used to be a Horizon project. If Sony can prove that these facts are true, they definitely have a case. On the other hand, Tencent may have a point when they say that Horizon is in itself a derivative concept, so it's a bit silly to accuse anyone of ripping off a franchise that is not particularly original.

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I dislike the way copyright is intended :/ people should be able to do what they want.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 13 points 2 days ago

totally fair. However, I think there's a case to be made for it, at least so long as we have to live under capitalism. If an individual artist comes up with a unique character that becomes popular, that character is an important piece of that artist's livelihood. Ripoffs and clones would eat into the artist's livelihood, and now the artist doesn't have enough money to live on the earnings from their art alone. They have to go get a soul-sucking job to make ends meet. Should we not be protecting that artist's livelihood from copycats that would seek to profit from the artist's creativity without paying the artist for that right? Should we not be doing everything we can to ensure that artists can live off their artwork alone, if they are talented enough?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago

My neighbor spent 3 years recording an album, but I have a larger online following, so I just took it and put my name on it and now I'm making $10 per sale.

Fuck copyright! Do what you want!

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)