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What does The Ville do that The Sims doesn't? Where are the aesthetics drastically different? Where do the two games behave differently. The Ville has identica
by dag11 14y ago
What does The Ville do that The Sims doesn't? Where are the aesthetics drastically different? Where do the two games behave differently.
The Ville has identical behavior to The Sims Social, and strikingly similar artwork.
- jconley 14y agoYeah, but, "identical behavior" and "strikingly similar" are not Copyright violations.
- dag11 14y agoMy comment was mainly in the context of the parent comment's implied contradiction between our apparent siding with EA here, but our siding with Android in Apple v. Android.
- dangrossman 14y agoChange one word ("strikingly similar" to "substantially similar") and you have the very legal definition of a derivative work, an infringement on the original copyright (17 U.S.C. § 101).
- msbarnett 14y ago> Yeah, but, "identical behavior" and "strikingly similar" are not Copyright violations. Good thing you're not a lawyer. Ferguson v National Broadcasting Co: If the two works are so strikingly similar as to preclude the possibility of independent creation, 'copying' may be proved without a showing of access
- briandear 14y agoIf Zynga had 'prior access' and their resulting product is similar, then it's easy to prove an infringement.