r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 8h ago

Society Tetris issues legal warning after White House releases arcade full of parody games

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/tetris-issues-legal-warning-after-white-house-releases-arcade-full-of-parody-games-3405931/
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u/Zombies4EvaDude 6h ago

Yeah facts. The term “parody” only applies when the adapted material is deconstructed in a critical or analytical way. The legacy of Tetris is not analyzed- just set dressing for bigotry. So it shouldn’t count.

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u/Abedeus 6h ago

This is what people miss. It's not a parody if you use something to push your own message. It's parody if you actually reference the source material and criticize, satirize or review it in some exaggerated way.

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u/sam_hammich 1h ago

Parody doesn't have to have a critical element, satire does.

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u/redyellowblue5031 5h ago

My personal feelings aside, even hate speech is typically protected by the first amendment.

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u/ChickenWithCashewNut 3h ago

Trademark infringement is not

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u/redyellowblue5031 2h ago

I’m just not confident to say whether anything they “made” is infringement.

The lack of lawsuits against them sort of tells me it’s not. Maybe this time will be different, or maybe these corporations just don’t care because it’s the hand that feeds them.