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‘Albion can’t be copyrighted’ - Peter Molyneux explains how his new game is set in the same world as Fable [VGC]

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨theangriestbird@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/albion-cant-be-copyrighted-peter-molyneux-explains-how-his-new-game-is-set-in-the-same-world-as-fable/

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  • regul@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When asked if he was sure that Albion couldn’t be copyrighted due to its historical context, he replied: “I don’t know if I’m honest, I don’t really know… I hope so. I mean you would think that the responsible person I should be, I would’ve spent the last six months in lawyers’ offices…”

    Bold strategy, Cotton.

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  • BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ugh. I kind of wish you would just go gracefully into the background Peter.

    So. He is about to be sued by Microsoft I suppose. Very bold of you to admit that it isn’t set in generic Albion but Albion the same universe that Fable uses. Those are two very different statements.

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    • minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ugh. I kind of wish you would just go gracefully into the background Peter.

      He passed gracefully 2 or 3 “games” ago. The quotation marks, because they were basically abandoned for a new gimmick, without delivering.

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      • ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Godus had real promise, I played the early release. Absolutely never delivered on what it promised, implicitly or explicitly, though.

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    • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Brb, making a sequel to Sonic & The Black Knight and officially licensing it.

      What? Sega can’t copyright Camelot!

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  • zagaberoo@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He’s absolutely right! He’d be violating a trademark, not copyright.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Further, just because a name like that came be “copyrighted” doesn’t mean the rest of the game isn’t lmao.

      If I made Nuclear D.C., a post apocalyptic game set it the Fallout universe in Washington D.C. as a followup to Fallout 3, I wouldn’t magically be okay just because it’s set in a “real” place.

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  • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So we’re getting Limbo of the Lost 2 afterall?

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  • Butterbee@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol.

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  • MacStache@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That new game (which I can’t remember the name of) looked so bad in the Gamescom opening show. Very gringe.

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  • theVerdantOne@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Checks Wikipedia…

    Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. Okay? Why don’t we just change the names of the towns and their locations on the map? Problem fixed!

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