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Palworld is patching out various features related to Nintendo’s lawsuit…

With the implementation of Patch v0.5.5 this week, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide.

How lame. Japan needs to fix its patent laws, it’s ridiculous Nintendo owns the simple concept of using an animal to fly.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    1·
    12 hours ago

    If I spend millions of my own money and hundreds or thousands of hours of my own time to build something, another company should not just be able to yoink that, put a coat of paint on it, and leave me with nothing to show if theirs just happens to get more popular or be advertised a little better. I don’t think the current laws are good but, absent basic income and such for everyone, I see why something should exist.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Sorry but why not? If you can’t afford that don’t make it or don’t publish it.

      We see with open source that lack of copyright is not restricting anyone’s creativity and ability to create. In fact the open source world is significantly more creative and productive than proprietary one.

      • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
        1·
        10 hours ago

        open source doesn’t pay my mortgage, pay back any business loans, put food on my table, etc. as the sole breadwinner in my family.

        To be clear, I have contributed in a minor degree to open source and build things for fun; this is specifically about why copyright exists in certain domains. I also think it should be something more like 3-5 years max. I am a software engineer and used to work in the games industry for a number of years (though not anymore).

        • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 hours ago

          Then do something that does? Are we supposed to literally ruin part of society just for your benefit? You’re not entitled to this.

          • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
            1·
            10 hours ago

            literally ruin part of society

            Not being able to steal something someone put a ton of time and/or money into for a couple of years without compensating them at all is ruining society… how exactly?

            • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              10 hours ago

              Here’s where you fail to think when you call this “stealing”. You don’t own intellectual property as it didn’t come from the vacuum of your head. It’s built from millions of other contributors and our collective intelligence.

              Don’t like this? You’re free to leave this to people who do and go do something else. No one’s forcing you to do this. You’re not even aware of your own entitlement.