The comments here are fantastic.

It’s trademark law, and it isn’t particularly idiotic. You can trademark very specific things, so it makes sense that if you’re not actively defending a trademark (eg a logo, name, color, etc .. and there’s a certain amount of industry specificity to trademark registration) then it should be available for others to…

Gotta love internet Lawyers who have absolutely no understanding of how the laws actually work.

Which type of IP is being infringed determines how aggressively it must be defended. Trademarks, for instance, must be aggressively defended or you lose protection. Copyrights are basically the exact opposite; you pretty much have to give them away and put it in the public domain to lose protection. I am unsure with…

Buy back your own stolen programming and artwork.

You do not understand intellectual property law.

Here’s the thing about stuff like intellectual property in the US. From what I understand, you are, by law, obligated to protect your property even if you are actually okay with how it’s being used.

Man you have no idea.

Nice piece. I like the acknowledgement that the disconnect in experience between now and the past has just as much to do with the person as it does with the game. I have fond memories of the grueling wonder that preceded the ever increasing accessibility too, but it was still grueling. I think a lot of the people who…