▲ 2 ▼ With guns and animal slavery (reddthat.com) submitted 2 years ago by reddthat@reddthat.com [M] to c/memes@reddthat.com 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments They are going to need a lot more money before #nintendo destroys them Honestly surprised it hasn't been taken down considering...
[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Taken down considering what? Being derivative is not necessarily an actionable offense. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The Nintendo and TPC legal teams have been watching Palworld since it was announced. If there was anything actionable, they would have acted already. Just look at the Pokemon mod for Palworld that was already taken down, less than 8 hours after being announced. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or they're trying to make as much as possible off them from a lawsuit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago That's not how it works. Copyright infringement requires the company to defend its copyright. Companies are not allowed to just leave it for a bit if they do that then it's interpreted as them having abandoned their copyright. Anyway there's absolutely nothing actionable because you cannot copyright basic ideas. You cannot copyright the idea of made up animals that you do things with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The Nintendo and TPC legal teams have been watching Palworld since it was announced. If there was anything actionable, they would have acted already. Just look at the Pokemon mod for Palworld that was already taken down, less than 8 hours after being announced. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or they're trying to make as much as possible off them from a lawsuit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago That's not how it works. Copyright infringement requires the company to defend its copyright. Companies are not allowed to just leave it for a bit if they do that then it's interpreted as them having abandoned their copyright. Anyway there's absolutely nothing actionable because you cannot copyright basic ideas. You cannot copyright the idea of made up animals that you do things with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or they're trying to make as much as possible off them from a lawsuit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago That's not how it works. Copyright infringement requires the company to defend its copyright. Companies are not allowed to just leave it for a bit if they do that then it's interpreted as them having abandoned their copyright. Anyway there's absolutely nothing actionable because you cannot copyright basic ideas. You cannot copyright the idea of made up animals that you do things with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago That's not how it works. Copyright infringement requires the company to defend its copyright. Companies are not allowed to just leave it for a bit if they do that then it's interpreted as them having abandoned their copyright. Anyway there's absolutely nothing actionable because you cannot copyright basic ideas. You cannot copyright the idea of made up animals that you do things with. permalink fedilink source parent