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NYTimes Files Copyright Takedown Against Hundreds of Wordle Clones (www.404media.co)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 126 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (20 children)

New York Times really is hurting for money, huh?

I mean, in the USA you cannot copyright or trademark the broad gameplay mechanics theyre claiming to own (even specific gameplay mechanics like portals from Portal), nor would those be protectable under DMCA, so everything theyre trying to claim will be immediately tossed out of court.

Theyre literally trying to copy Nintendo. They dont want to go to court. They want settlement money.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 8 months ago (17 children)

Somebody pointed out in another post that wordle is the same thing as a game show from the 80s, including the five letter words and the square colors being highlighted based on being in the word or in the right place.

The New York Times is just bullying with nothing to stand on except the ability to spend more on lawyers than whoever they are suing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Game design isn't copyrightable. Code is, they could have a case if someone literally copied the code (which is very easy given its all run in browser).