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the tetris company dmca'd a fangame (that was on steam). this is not the first takedown of tetris-adjacent shit they've done, mind, just the most recent thing.

as usual, the people who have no understanding of how copyrights or trademarks work insist that TTC must take down fangames because Muh IPs. (see also "nintendo must defend its tradmarks by killing every fan project": also wildly wrong)

I'm interested in your insights as to why Nintendo's killing of fan games based on trademarks is legally wrong (because I'd agree it's morally wrong).

The main problem is that a lot of the armchair morons think that trademark generalization requires the big N (or anyone else) to agressively shut down any and all fan works, lest the big company magically lose all rights to their own IP

granted, i am also an armchair moron, but: this is not the case, this has never been the case. if that was true the concept of fanfiction would be dead overnight

however, the big N and friends have a vested interest in keeping fangames out: competition a fan's incredible well-made remake of metroid 2 might detract from sales of the "official" one. can't have that.

Putting aside my view - which is that a team capable of making an incredibly well-made remake of Metroid 2 should be equally capable of making an equally compelling game that doesn't get an inherent publicity boost by using the Metroid name - I suspect you're right.

I disagree w/ the idea that it could be equally compelling. Having an original to compare against matters a lot, as it gives a baseline for changes, improvements, and other things it's also a "if I wanted to make something new, i would" thing