misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago'Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now,' former BioWare writer reassures fans: 'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down17
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-link'Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now,' former BioWare writer reassures fans: 'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea'www.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaregnutrinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·1 month ago ‘EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can’t own an idea’ Isn’t owning ideas the whole point of IP laws?
minus-squaremisk@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat he meant was that you can copyright poop but you can’t copyright the idea of poop.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoYou can trademark the word poop though
Isn’t owning ideas the whole point of IP laws?
What he meant was that you can copyright poop but you can’t copyright the idea of poop.
You can trademark the word poop though