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TL;DR: ~copyright law~ Fixed as per PinguTS: trademark law. D'oh.

• Udik 6y ago
  So much for "Freedom" tower.
  • rbanffy 6y ago
    So much for "free" country...
  • zaroth 6y ago
    Free as in beer, not free as in tower.
• PinguTS 6y ago
  Nope. Not copyright law but trademark law. It seems, you didn't even read until the end of the article: > Therefore, the most likely answer is that the distinctive shape of 1 World Trade Center is either trademarked (although I could not find it within USPTO databases) or is so recognizable that it is easily defensible via a common law trademark and the game developers were unable to secure a license to use the trademark before their deadline.
  • edu 6y ago
    Right! D'oh.
• seedie 6y ago
  > You’ll see that they are acknowledging the trademark holders, NOT the copyright holders. In the end Steven guesses its a trademark issue