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NYTimes Files Copyright Takedown Against Hundreds of Wordle Clones
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this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2024
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New York Times really is hurting for money, huh?
I mean, in the USA you cannot copyright or trademark the broad gameplay mechanics theyre claiming to own (even specific gameplay mechanics like portals from Portal), nor would those be protectable under DMCA, so everything theyre trying to claim will be immediately tossed out of court.
Theyre literally trying to copy Nintendo. They dont want to go to court. They want settlement money.
Somebody pointed out in another post that wordle is the same thing as a game show from the 80s, including the five letter words and the square colors being highlighted based on being in the word or in the right place.
The New York Times is just bullying with nothing to stand on except the ability to spend more on lawyers than whoever they are suing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_cows
That being said I do like the Wordly app cuz you can customize the length of the words, and some other tweaks.
I think they're referencing Lingo! the gameshow from the 80's.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingo_(American_game_show)
I'm referencing an even earlier version that was so old it was on mainframes ๐
But they said this... I don't think Bulls and Cows was a game show.
If we're just looking for the "earliest" game, then I think we're looking for Jotto... Which was 50's.
More like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingo_(American_game_show)