New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with DMCA takedowns

Re:New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with DMCA taked... by dabernathy89 on Friday March 08, 2024 @04:27PM (#39646709)

You can patent game mechanics - famous example would be Legend of Zelda's targeting system. Apparently Nintendo is extremely aggressive about patenting game mechanics.

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-is-trying-to-patent-some-really-...

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Re:New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with DMCA taked... by torstenvl on Friday March 08, 2024 @05:54PM (#39647498)

Irrelevant, since NYT does not and can never (due to prior art) hold a patent on Wordle's gameplay. This is about copyright.

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Re:New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with DMCA taked... by deprecative on Friday March 08, 2024 @07:41PM (#39648239)

Nintendo is a litigation company pretending to be a game developer.

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Re:New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with DMCA taked... by tomkarho on Friday March 08, 2024 @05:43PM (#39647397)

Another example that comes to mind is the Nemesis system from Mordor games

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