FAM Final Main Thread - Game Over - Mafia + Imperials win!

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#5981

Also Taiwan is not China.

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#5982

I was just saying what I was told

I’m just confused about how copy right or trade mark stuff even works tbh

#5983

It could. The question is if it was likely Eevee would win or not.

#5984

I believe the official announcement was “threatened legal action” but without clarification I am choosing not to make any assumptions about what went down

That’s a policy I’d encourage everyone to take :slight_smile:

#5985

it’s neither
it’s an intellectual property dispute

#5986

I literally have no idea what to believe anymore it seems like people have literally told me 3 different things about how this works

#5987

and it’s likely none of them actually know

#5988

I’ll give you an example.

The Sonic franchise is a trademark of Sega, so if say a studio made a game with a hedgehog that ran a supersonic speeds and named it Sonic, they’d be infringing Sega’s trademark.

Sprites in Sonic games are copyrighted by Sega, so if a studio made a game without hedgehogs or rings, or anything and they used a sprite, such as a loop, from that game, they’d be infringing Sega’s copyright.

Each of them protects a different thing.

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#5989

that’s probably fair esp if this forum isn’t based in China lol

#5990

Intellectual property is an umbrella term. Trade secrets, patents, copyright, trademarks, and whatnot are all classified as IP.

#5991

Imperium42®’s remote address is located at:

Imperium42

848 N. Rainbow Blvd.

Unit #8058

Las Vegas, NV 89107 - 1103

from the ToS

#5992

copyrights are placed through Bureaucracy™ and i’m pretty sure the same with trademarks
and copyrights can’t be pressed under fair use laws or if what’s being disputed involves zero cash (the latter i’m not entirely confident on)

#5993

why does Town of Salem have anything to do with this

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#5994

Also Eevee can’t sue xBlade for you/Chloe/Dat/Geyde infringing his trademark.

That’d be like if someone made a fake McDonalds restaurant, advertised their business on Facebook, and the actual McDonalds tried to sue Facebook for it. i42 forums are basically just a platform and thus would be protected under Section 230.

#5995

this just adds another twist into the lawsuit saga

#5996

i’m pretty certain CFM3 fell under fair use laws

#5997

Not exactly. Just because the game is F2P doesn’t mean that it’s automatically covered by the Fair Use doctrine.

#5998

CFM3 was an original take with its own custom rolecards and designs

#5999

isn’t it also a series though

#6000

speaking in the general case rather than the specific one copyright can still apply even if no cash is involved

for example, if my mom publishes a book, and Alice buys a copy, scans all the pages, and posts it on the forums for free, Alice is still breaking the law