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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by xg15 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:06PM (#30667079)
Point is, the clone existed before Wordle was acquired and had never been a problem before.
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by dymk on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:09PM (#30667099)
Not sure what weight that point is supposed to carry.

It was a ripoff of the IP before the sale, and it was a ripoff of the IP after the sale, and the owner (whoever it is at whatever point) can send a cease and desist.

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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by ipaddr on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:48PM (#30667331)
It becomes fair use because the ip owner did not enforce copyrights before.
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by dragonwriter on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:49PM (#30667335)
That's not how copyright, or specifically copyright fair use, works.
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by ipaddr on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:06PM (#30667440)
Trademarks can be lost by not enforcing rights. Wordle is a trademarked name. The game play is not under copyright. Only the art is under copyright and extract words in some order to some extent
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by tedunangst on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:20PM (#30667881)
And lookie here, the owner is enforcing their rights.
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by ipaddr on Monday March 14, 2022 @07:35PM (#30679951)
Anyone can bring a case for any reason. Let's see how this plays out.
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