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Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-did-it-first dept.

FrankPoole writes "Indie iPhone game developer Nimblebit is accusing social games giant Zynga of ripping off its popular mobile title Tiny Tower. Nimblebit's Ian Marsh got word out about the similarities between Dream Heights and Tiny Tower with an image that's still making the Twitter rounds. The image is made up of screenshots showing how Dream Heights' interface and gameplay mechanics appear strikingly similar to Tiny Tower's."

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  1. marketing.. by ardiri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nimblebit just got a tonne of marketing over this - who cares about the ripoff? marketing 101 => success!

  2. Re:Game rules do not underlie copyright by Lumpio- · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps not, but then again nobody is suing them either. This is more about moral rules than the law.

  3. Intellectual property laws in action by slasho81 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you copy a big company, the big company will sue you out of existence.

    If you copy a small company, the small company will complain so hard you better watch out!

  4. Re:Happens all the time. by msauve · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Actually Apple did steal a lot of their ideas for the Mac from the Xerox Parc"

    If, by "steal," you mean "bought and paid for with pre-IPO stock shares," you're right.

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