Writing space invaders with Go

Re:Writing space invaders with Go by masswerk on Friday February 02, 2018 @11:12AM (#16291646)

It may be worth noting that the sprites are registered trademarks of Taito. So be careful…

(I learned this the hard way: I once had a rather poplar 404 page featuring a variant of the game [1], until I received a cease and desist letter from Taito…)

[1] Compare: https://gizmodo.com/this-space-invaders-404-page-is-the-funn...

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Re:Writing space invaders with Go by scottlu2 on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:35PM (#16292934)

What year did you receive the cease and desist and was it from Brinks Hofer / Brinks Gilson & Lione?

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Re:Writing space invaders with Go by masswerk on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:10PM (#16295277)

So, I just had a look: Oct 2013, processed by a local attorney (Vienna/Austria). This was following to the page gaining some traction and popular attention in Japan. (Without intending any interpretation of this: I believe, in principle, you have to defend a trademark in order to uphold the rights – and at this point it was well in their radar.)

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