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AFAIK the assets are all original, so there ARE copyright issues and they AREN'T with Nintendo.
by oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
AFAIK the assets are all original, so there ARE copyright issues and they AREN'T with Nintendo.
- dec0dedab0de 13y agoI bet Nintendo could convince a jury that the graphics were copied. I doubt they will though.
- ijk 13y agoThis is unlikely, especially as its fairly easily demonstrated that they are, pixel-for-pixel, quite different. There have been a lot of non-Nintendo green pipes, internet commentators with small reference pools notwithstanding.
- rhino369 13y agoCopyright doesn't require pixel for pixel similarities.
- ijk 13y agoIt does require broader similarities than green pipes. And Nintendo is on record that Flappy Bird does not violate their IP.[1] [1] http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/10/no-complaints-about-flappy-bird-nintendo-says/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/10/no-complaints-about-f...
- kej 13y agoYou don't have to actually copy assets to be guilty of copyright infringement. Copying the look and feel is sufficient. See any of the Tetris or Pac-Man cases, for example.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoPac-Man except for when King.com is the developer, of course.