▲ 574 ▼ Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos (thegamepost.com) submitted 9 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sony is begging you: please forget about concord
[–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) This is your personal intellectual property In the US our Constitution only grants you a monopoly on your creation for a limited time before it ends up in the public domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago • The term endures for the life of the author plus 70 years. • For works made for hire or anonymous/ pseudonymous works, the term is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first. Dude. I noticed that there is a collective misunderstanding of copyright and intellectual property on Lemmy y'all need to read some wikis or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) The constitution grants Congress the right to create public domain laws, and that's it. With current law it's decades away from applying to this game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I've noticed here on Lemmy that the general user base just doesn't like copyright laws or have a complete lack of knowledge of what a copyright is how they function and why it's beneficial to copyright works. It's actually really frustrating mainly because you get downvoted for supporting copyright which is insane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago • The term endures for the life of the author plus 70 years. • For works made for hire or anonymous/ pseudonymous works, the term is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first. Dude. I noticed that there is a collective misunderstanding of copyright and intellectual property on Lemmy y'all need to read some wikis or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) The constitution grants Congress the right to create public domain laws, and that's it. With current law it's decades away from applying to this game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I've noticed here on Lemmy that the general user base just doesn't like copyright laws or have a complete lack of knowledge of what a copyright is how they function and why it's beneficial to copyright works. It's actually really frustrating mainly because you get downvoted for supporting copyright which is insane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I've noticed here on Lemmy that the general user base just doesn't like copyright laws or have a complete lack of knowledge of what a copyright is how they function and why it's beneficial to copyright works. It's actually really frustrating mainly because you get downvoted for supporting copyright which is insane. permalink fedilink source parent