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Pokémon Company statement on Palworld copyright allegations sounds a lot like “please leave us the hell alone"“We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024…”
“We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024…”
Image credit:The_Yeti_Rider/Nintendo
Image credit:The_Yeti_Rider/Nintendo
When I wrote up last week’s report on the technicalities of any potential case for copyright infringement, I neglected to add that we shouldn’t actively call on massive corporations to sue much smaller competitors. Copyright law is supposed to be a means of protecting livelihoods, but it can also be a means of prosecuting an effective monopoly on certain ideas,stifling game preservation efforts, and arbitrarily policing the act of being inspired. At the very least, it’s a poor species of “enthusiasm” that loves an artwork so much it wants any and all close competition taken to court.
