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Re: Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plus, intent isn’t relevant. If the copyright holder doesn’t pursue, you’re fine. If they base their decision on “intent,” then fine. Infringement is infringement, intentional or not.

There's been a trend of putting 'no copyright infringement intended' on top of blatant copyright infringement and thinking they're fine. This is nuts. Legally, it's about as sound a defence as chasing down a crossing guard in your car while shouting "no injury intended!"* Copyright laws are nuts too, and I'm very empathetic to game preservation efforts, but this kind of boilerplate is legally nonsense. Don't make the…

Yeah, lawyer here.

I suppose (and this is absolutely not advice) another thing to consider is "likelihood that someone is going to take time out of their day to sue you."

Do with that what you will.

Re: Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds

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By God I loved SimCity 2000 as a kid. Did anyone else build a "hydro mountain" in every city (basically a pyramid covered in water, to which you could keep adding hydro power plants as the city grew, was all the electricity you ever needed), or was it just me? To this day, whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I say out loud: "Sim Copter 1 reporting heavy traffic". My addiction still hasn't cooled, as the main game I play t…

Hydro mountain back then, poop power now!
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