Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game

Fallen Andy writes "'The Register' has an article describing 'Limbo of the Lost' (developed by Majestic and sold in the U.S by Tri Synergy) which seems to have 'borrowed' copiously graphics assets from other games. Over at the GamesRadar forum there is a thread with some screenshots. Finally, this game has its own Wikipedia entry. Warning to all — move the soft drink away from the keyboard and monitor before you look at those screenshots. Blatant this is, very blatant indeed."

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Re:I don't see what the big deal is

[spun]

Corporations are a way to profit from criminal activities without the risk of being held responsible. You invest your money, and the board and CEOs know what to do, wink wink, whatever it takes to make a buck, and you never even have to know about all the suffering you caused with your investment.

It isn't just a few bad apples, the barrel of corporate culture is almost pure rot, with very little apple at all.

Re:So?

[Jack9]

Uh, yes. It is.

It's a matter of perspective. Most people don't actually think about what they believe, as I expect you don't.

The question is why do you think that someone should retain the sole rights to an image (which is simply an expression of an idea), and therefore to an idea? While I would agree they should have the rights to the work in their mind and in progress (to allow them the freedom to solely develop it), the claims of plagiarism are really an interpretation of a trade dispute, not relevant to morality. Is it plagiarism to write out the bits that describe the Oblivion environment? Is it plagiarism to speak the bits that describe the Oblivion environment? Is it plagiarism to convert the bits to A's and B's and to communicate the Lost environment via sign language? Why do you make a distinction? Do you know how a video card works and that they had to code those environments the same as anyone else would?

I wonder how you come to your perspective or if you've given it any critical thought.

Re:I don't see what the big deal is

[bigstrat2003]

Fscking trolls. Let's start:

But, based on my understanding of several recent different but similar situations involving movies and music, we can all safely assume that those people would not have bought the game to begin with. No one with a lick of sense has ever claimed that for movies/music. You're probably confusing the sensible, substantially different, argument that NOT ALL pirates would have bought the original. No reasonable person claims that no one would have, just that it's probably more in the middle, not at the extreme the **AA wants you to believe.

We can also take comfort in knowing that the companies from whom the graphics were lifted probably keep the lion's share of the profit from game sales and the graphic artists make almost nothing, by comparison. That doesn't make it right when people infringe the **AA's copyrights, and it doesn't make it right here.

Also, if the guy at 'Limbo of the Lost' bought the game it is his to do with what he wishes because he didn't agree to any stupid 'don't lift graphics' clause and shrinkwrap licenses have never been proven in court anyway so no one has any legal standing to complain about anything. Yeah, pretty sure that the GRAPHICS THEMSELVES are copyrighted, not just the game. Epic fail.

This includes if he wants to make a mashup of the game's graphics and his own cool gaming idea and call it 'Limbo of the Lost'. Everyone here knows that fair use doesn't cover cases where a) you use a substantial portion of the original, and b) you barely add anything to the original content.

So, you mindlessly flame, distort others' words far past their true meanings, and, in short, provide nothing except pure drivel. Classic troll. How this got modded insightful is beyond me, but I doubt it'll last. Of course, presumably you know that, since you're posting AC, and thus, are likely just not man enough to use your regular account.