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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones

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New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones

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The New York Times has issued a takedown notice to Reactle, a Wordle clone, which has meant around 1900 other versions …

The New York Times has used a DMCA take down notice to remove an open source Wordle clone called Reactle

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Yeah and wordle didn’t invent any of the underlying game mechanics. It’s just Hangman + Mastermind
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  Game mechanics are also famously not copyrightable anyway.

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