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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by caslon on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:27PM (#33127062)
They're distributing their changes as a patchset to the ROM, which is completely legal. As a result, they aren't distributing binary files; other hosts are.
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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by greenthrow on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:59PM (#33127984)
They are using the Mortal Kombat name and trademark which they are most definitely not licensed to do.
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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by caslon on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:39PM (#33128719)
That's not copyright infringement, that's trademark infringement. They're two entirely separate concepts.
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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by bagels on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:31PM (#33129310)
The logos are copyrighted.
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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by flashgordon on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:45PM (#33137385)
Doesn't copyright also come with fair use clauses?
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Re:Mortal Kombat+ by CiaranMcNulty on Sunday October 09, 2022 @07:55AM (#33140186)
Copyright is not the same as trademarks
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