Not really - they're still derivative works, which are copyright infringements.

All "fan re-makes" are copyright violations, and publishers really need to start putting their feet down and quashing these projects early on, lest the situation get even more out of control than it is now.

I would mute him, then avoid him so I never had to listen to or play him ever again. If I were playing with him telling me what do to, I'd do the exact opposite just to piss him off.

It appeared to be a "joke" born out of ignorance of trademark law. The developer is just upset that he can't use the name he wanted...but the reason is extremely valid.

The concept of dilution is not ridiculous. If enough people call a generic item by its trademarked name, the trademark is diluted and no longer…

It's good that the indie studio doesn't have the money to defend it - they'd lose pretty handily. ZeniMax is actively using the trademark, it has been used in other permutations in the past (specifically Fallout Tactics), and Fortress Fallout is very likely to cause confusion.

It's just sad that ill-informed people…

First of all, it's not a copyright law issue. It's a trademark issue.

Some people just don't think things through when they choose a name for their game. It's pretty obvious that this title wasn't going to fly. Fortress Fall Out might work, however.

Don't blame Bethesda for this - they're not the ones who made the error in naming the game.

I agree that it's unknown...but the most likely source of the issue is Nintendo, based on the last 30 years of their history.

Nintendo has a history of not supplying enough to meet demand. It's endemic with that company.

"Corporations suck"?

Any time I do work, I expect to receive remuneration for it. I don't want other people to profit from my work without my permission. Why should content creators be any different?

Game developers have been doing that since the birth of the industry. Pong clones, Space Invader clones, Pac-Man clones, Super Mario Bros. clones...

Games are catering to their audience. It's just that the audience is now a wider, more varied target market than they used to be.

I was too busy watching the fantastic NXT TakeOver Rivals to partake in this, but I'm glad to see the negative light being shone on the "gamers" of GamerGate, even if it's boogeyman stuff borrowed from 1990s Pentacostal Christian rants. Anything that gets their collective panties in a bunch is something I…

It has nothing to do with revenue, it has everything to do with respecting the legal rights of the copyright holders.

I originally thought that Craig Kilborn was the Daily Show...

That's pretty cool, then. :D I'm so out of the VR market that I didn't know that was possible quite yet.

This game is playable with a Virtual Reality headset?

There's a difference between trademarks/trade dress and copyright, BTW.

They could, if they wanted to. If you use a John Deere lawnmower in a video that promotes something that the company does not agree with...say in a KKK rally...they have every right to have that video removed.

Trust me, your simplistic thinking on this has already been dissected and destroyed years and years ago...