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> how CD Project Red handled their successful Cyberpunk integration on Netflix as a model A reminder that Cyberpunk IP holder is Mike Pondsmith, not CD Project.
How can anyone hold IP over an abstract vibe?
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Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"
Wow, I didn't make the last name connection until reading this thread. The Wikipedia page[1] for Annapurna Pictures doesn't even mention that the founder is the child of a billionaire. It just kind of implies the founder dabbled in film school for two semesters, went off to travel the world, and then -poof- a media production company is conjured into existence. Pretty rosy depiction of nepotism. 1: https://en.wikiped…
> After a series of underperforming productions, in 2019 Ellison had grown secluded from Hollywood, leaving Annapurna to be mostly ran by Nathan Gary, who led Annapurna Interactive before being promoted to president. She left to Lanai, a Hawaiian island owned by her father, and remained there as the COVID-19 pandemic forced people to remain isolated.
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You can't hold a patent to a cartoon drawing of a mouse (that you're implying is the character Mickey Mouse) You can hold a design patent for the look of a tangible object - e.g. the rounded corners of an iPhone. You can also hold a design patent for particularly novel typefaces (fonts), the layout of a screen (e.g. like Norton Commander's twin directory listings on the left and right) and for computer icons, but tha…
// You can't hold a patent to a cartoon drawing of a mouse // No, cartoons are protected by copyright, not by patents. And if I'm not mistaken, the original comment which wondered if a general vibe could be intellectual property was talking about something which would be protected by copyright as well. But the same principle holds for patents. E.g. patenting an algorithm. It doesn't matter what language the algorithm…
You can patent the novel parts of an invention (and in the US, business processes), but most things are not novel, and fictional things are not patentable.
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Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"
Wow, I didn't make the last name connection until reading this thread. The Wikipedia page[1] for Annapurna Pictures doesn't even mention that the founder is the child of a billionaire. It just kind of implies the founder dabbled in film school for two semesters, went off to travel the world, and then -poof- a media production company is conjured into existence. Pretty rosy depiction of nepotism. 1: https://en.wikiped…
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I thought Sun was just a little misguided and naive and then they sold to Ellison and I realized they were a bunch of fucking morons. WHY? WHY DID YOU DO THIS?? Cantrill and friends just worked there, but the board presumably knew what they were doing. There was a Wired article that told me everything I needed to know about Larry, the way your blind date being mean to the waiter tells you not to make a second date. I…
> I thought Sun was just a little misguided and naive and then they sold to Ellison and I realized they were a bunch of fucking morons. WHY? WHY DID YOU DO THIS?? Whatever you think of Oracle and the One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison, IBM as a company are likely worse. Sun had a "west coast wheeler-dealer" vibe, as did Oracle. IBM had an "east coast button-down shirt" vibe. IBM had first dibs and Sun said "no, I…
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“Content” is an advertising term for whatever fills the space between all the ads
in 2024 there are so many one-click-install adblockers for your browser, phone's DNS, router... anyone still seeing a sizable amount of ads these days has to be the most complacent, easily manipulated, lucrative demographic imaginable
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I agree. They are like the A24 for games. They don't make the product themselves but invest and promote some really good games. Outer Wilds being one of my favourites of all time.
Outer Wilds is top three all-time for me. And hands-down, the most underrated game and at least one generation. it’s a good point that the publisher does have an eye for talent.
I’m trying very hard to make myself wait a full 5 years before I replay it, I want to experience it all over again, and I’m really really hopeful that I can find someone new to the game to play through it with me, because I am HUNGRY to feel those feelings again!
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IP has pretty clear connotation in games. I don't really think it shows what you say. Characters and worlds are IP and that IP can be used across media types. Gameplay is not IP. A game project can swap or take in IP.
In context of the discussion here - people who are talking about "content" or "IP" mark themselves out as not having a nuanced understanding of what intangible assets they hold. I think what you mean to say is: - writing and depictions of characters are copyrighted - writing and depictions of worlds are copyrighted - some of the names involved can also be registered trademarks They are intangible rights that someone…
Proprietary rights are varied. If one kind of property relates to a kind of right that doesn’t apply to another kind of property, that’s not a good reason to decide that one kind is not actually property.
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> how CD Project Red handled their successful Cyberpunk integration on Netflix as a model A reminder that Cyberpunk IP holder is Mike Pondsmith, not CD Project.
I don't think that's true anymore, I believe Mike sold the IP to CD Project and has a stake in the company now, but I need to find a source to confirm this.
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IP has pretty clear connotation in games. I don't really think it shows what you say. Characters and worlds are IP and that IP can be used across media types. Gameplay is not IP. A game project can swap or take in IP.
In context of the discussion here - people who are talking about "content" or "IP" mark themselves out as not having a nuanced understanding of what intangible assets they hold. I think what you mean to say is: - writing and depictions of characters are copyrighted - writing and depictions of worlds are copyrighted - some of the names involved can also be registered trademarks They are intangible rights that someone…