NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
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Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#2Another example: https://twitter.com/QuantumYakar/status/1765421908483538971
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#3Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability?
Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#4Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability? Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
The only thing I can imagine here is that many of the games have "dle" or "le" suffixes and sometimes even describe themselves as "Wordle, but...". It seems more likely that it's NYT's lawyers hoping to bully the "competition".
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#5Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability? Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
IANAL. So long as you own a legitimate copyright, you can send a DMCA takedown about whatever you want. That doesn't mean it's 100% legally robust.
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#6Can confirm, my version here also got a notice:
https://github.com/pwahs/fillominordle
Full notice is here: https://enterprise.githubsupport.com/attachments/token/cx6V4...
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#7I bet some NYT is planning some changes to Wordle use/tracking so they have to clamp down on the competition. They will likely requiring NYT login just to play, or adding additional ads to page
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#8Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability? Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
IANAL. So long as you own a legitimate copyright, you can send a DMCA takedown about whatever you want. That doesn't mean it's 100% legally robust.
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Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#9Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability? Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
The only thing I can imagine here is that many of the games have "dle" or "le" suffixes and sometimes even describe themselves as "Wordle, but...". It seems more likely that it's NYT's lawyers hoping to bully the "competition".
NYT does have a trademark on Wordle, but that shouldn't be covered by the DMCA.
Re: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones
#10Can anyone speak to how/why they have this ability? Isn't Wordle effectively just a game UX pattern? How is that copyrightable?
The game mechanics are not copyrightable (possibly patentable).
Obviously, borrowing art or design could be a copyright problem, but I have to suspect they're just blindly searching for "wordle" and sending takedowns to anything they see.