Yeah, just like WB did with the Nemesis system, right? Oh wait.
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Mchugho@lemmy.world 8 months agoPatents genuinely are wonderful. The rockstar devs are going to be rewarded for their innovation.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I cannot see how they can reasonably copyright the idea of having characters remember you which is basically all the nemesis system is. There are many ways to implement it that wouldn’t violate patent, of course it’s in WBs interest to not nose that one around too much
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can try, but WB will troll you in court for years and drown you out on legal fees to prove it isn’t a violation of a patent. So, most consider it not worth it.
Mchugho@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I wish people who base their entire knowledge of intellectual property on video games would just stop attempting to have opinions on things they don’t really understand.
If you think it’s fine to have a world in which people aren’t protected for their fruits of their labour, then by all means advocate against IP. I would rather live in a world in which people are actually paid for the ideas they come up with and don’t have to excessively keep corporate secrets.
SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, imagine if there was an area of software development where people could freely view, copy and modify each others works.
Mchugho@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Open source software is different due to informed consent. When working on an OS project you are doing it out of altruism and/or fun, fully realising that you will never be compensated for this work. That doesn’t mean software devs should never be paid and work for free indefinitely on anything they do. Its still a skill that should be compensated for.
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dude, maybe you do work on patents and know your shit. But boy are you clueless about the video game industry.
ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought the man was joking then I saw his smooth brained response below. Software patents are cancer and shouldn’t exist.
Mchugho@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maybe so, but nearly everybody in this thread is irritatingly wrong on how intellectual property works as a concept and in practice.
It’s only when you read internet comments on something you actually specialise in that you realise the average commenter is woefully misinformed.
Regardless, if R* decide not to license the tech that is their prerogative as they created it.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You think that patent abuse is right, and that’s why everyone in this thread hates your comments. You think the system is fine. The fact that you are inside but can’t understand how corporations abuse the system and think others are wrong or misinformed when they oppose this abuse, is troubling. You think we are ignorant or misinformed, but no, we do know how intellectual property works. We disagree and find it disgusting for moral reasons that it works that way. That’s very different.
Mchugho@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Everyone in this thread is downvoting me because they are trying to out Marxist each other. I have never one claimed the patent system is perfect, but the people in this thread clearly don’t actually understand what is required to even receive a patent.
It’s typical, people know what systems they are against but never know what they are actually for. People say patents re unfair but never propose viable alternatives. The political analysis on Lemmy is frankly juvenile and utopic.
quams69@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Where can I get the crack you’re smoking
Mchugho@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s called working in the field and having a direct understanding of how patents protect people every single day.