• Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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      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@lemmy.world
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        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 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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          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@lemmy.world
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            i already admitted to being wrong. Name calling isnt needed anymore

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

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

              But respect for admitting being wrong.

              • Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world
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                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 😭😭😭