08-23-2021, 10:45 AM | #1 | |
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Copyrighting a Deck Build
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This is being a copyright troll in a different sense. |
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08-23-2021, 11:02 AM | #2 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
Well that's going to last about three seconds in court.
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08-23-2021, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
With something like this, the idea is usually to make sure that your targets don't have the resources to defend themselves and that the stakes are low enough that backing down is easier than fighting it out.
Plenty of corporations get away with intellectual property abuse that's not much less ludicrous; the difference is that they have lawyers on retainer and can afford to wear their victims down by attrition if it does come down to a court case, whereas I doubt that's a viable option for this guy.
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08-23-2021, 01:12 PM | #4 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
Hunh. I put this in the wrong forum. Oops.
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08-28-2021, 12:22 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
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He was smart enough to list it as a derivative work copyright... If he prevails, it will be not good for the CCG mode. |
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08-29-2021, 03:59 AM | #6 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
How different from his deck does another deck have to be to evade copyright?
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08-29-2021, 08:12 AM | #7 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
I am not a lawyer, but my impression is that a deck design cannot be copyrighted. It's well established that simple lists of components or ingredients, as in a recipe, are not subject to copyright, and it would appear that there's a similar case here. If the deck design is simply a list of cards, then it's not eligible for protection.
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08-29-2021, 09:49 AM | #8 | |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
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A decklist is essentially the same as a cooking recipe (a list of ingredients and instructions for how to mix them together) and standing law dictates that those can't be copyrighted. |
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09-06-2021, 05:18 PM | #9 |
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Re: Copyrighting a Deck Build
The closest form of IP protection that could apply would be trade secret. But using the deck in play makes it no longer "secret", and not using it in play makes it not "trade."
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