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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:05 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:40:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 16:54 this Sunday (GMT):
>>> On 11/9/2024 7:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 00:45 this Sunday (GMT):
>>[snip]
>>>>>
>>>>> There likely is a difference between how the contracts for both work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or Nintendo simply has good lawyers at hand to work the kinks out, while
>>>>> Valve just doesn't want to bother.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Nintendo DEFINITELY has good lawyers.
>>>
>>> House of Mouse level good?
>>
>>
>>Well, I don't think Nintendo has rewritten any laws, so not yet.
>
> Actually, in Japan Nintendo (and other software companies) have had a
> lot of influence on its copyright and patent laws (which are
> significantly different from that of the West).  A lot of Nintendo's
> (and Capcom's, and Konami, and the rest) seemingly overbearing
> behavior when it comes fighting its fans about tribute games, and
> streaming, and mods is a result of that difference. The copyright
> holder has a lot more power of what can be done with their IP in
> Japan, and things like fair use are much more restricted. And
> Nintendo, Sony, and the rest have pressured politicians to keep it
> that way, or change it to their advantage.


Well, that's scary.
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