Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway

cm0002@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway

Kelly@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 years ago

Wait… How do Trade Secrets work?

I thought that the individuals might be in legal trouble if they violate NDAs or No Compete clauses but that once the “secret” was out it was fair game.

huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

The secret was an extraction shooter using DnD Classes. It’s very unique and not derivative at all.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 years ago

This has got to be a South Korea specific thing right? I thought game concepts were generally fair game

huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

I think you’re right but Nintendo’s trying to change that in its fight against Pal World.

Evotech@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

I mean, didn’t matter if you build it on a codebase you yoinked

Kelly@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

If they stole the code that would be copyright infringement.

huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

OpenAI would like a chat