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NAMCO Takes Down Student Pac-man Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the chasing-ghosts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The core of how people first learn to do stuff — programming, music, writing, etc. — is to imitate others. It's one of the best ways to learn. Apparently a bunch of students using MIT's educational Scratch programming language understand this. But not everyone else does. NAMCO Bandai sent a takedown notice to MIT because some kids had recreated Pac-man with Scratch. The NAMCO letter is pretty condescending as well, noting that it understands the educational purpose of Scratch, but 'part of their education should include concern for the intellectual property of others.'"

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  1. Re:what about the business majors? by blackraven14250 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, you don't. It's part of the rules.

  2. Re:what about the business majors? by icebraining · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't worry, I don't have any for months either.

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  3. Re:what about the business majors? by Alex+Belits · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do Anonymous Cowards get mod points? Where are mine?

    He meant:
    "I came to troll the discussion as an Anonymous Coward and moderate it as a user. And I'm all out of mod points!"

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