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This post in TD makes a good point about how twisted copyright has become, such that compliance with the law is now synonymous with circumvention of the law...

I love how Intellectual Ventures reacted to their loss: "our patent portfolio is deep and we have another action pending against Capital One in Maryland." Translation: "We have so many thousands of patents covering so many vague and abstract ideas that sooner or later we'll find a judge willing...

From the USPTO:

Congratulations to the USPTO for granting a record-breaking 6000 monopolies in the month of March: http://patentlyo.com/patent/2014/04/patent-grant-numbers.html

Best way: Deal half her life in damage to stage 1 and then just avoid the skulls until she times out. :PUN:

I already do man! Karulau/Rina FTW! On Topic: I think it's a great idea to give solos a partner that can assist, but not tag in or DHC. The health and damage would have to be re-tweaked, but at least they would no longer be just overall worse than duos and solos.

Sometime oppressive copyright laws give birth to creative ways for routing around them: http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/march-madness-local-news/

Big case up before the supreme court. Many new articles out as a result. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/sunday/abstract-ideas-dont-deserve-patents.html?_r=0

For some reason I am free to YOLO raw tags. I just never expect them, and even when I know they are unsafe I just get mentally guard-broken whenever someone goes for it. Basically the only raw tags I ever punish are the desperation ones when a character is about to die.

It's sad, but this article on collection societies and publishers colluding to screw over competitors and actual song-writers does not describe anything exceptional. This kind of behavior is the norm for those entities...

It's weird, but Cracked often has surprisingly insightful articles on copyright: http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-insane-ways-companies-are-using-copyrights-to-bully-you/

Another oldie/goodie: Pizzaright https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/pizzaright-principle/

Are people even aware of IP enough to recognize how masterfully this game trolls King? http://tmville.com/

I assume that the "link" was to a pirated copy of SG yeah? In any case, I created this thread primarily to discuss abstract concepts of IP and not so much specific examples of copyright infringement. Of course I am happy to discuss specific examples of infringement in relation to these concepts...

Copyright in your coffee cup: http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Manufacturers/Green-Mountain-Coffee-Roasters-Game-changing-Keurig-2.0-will-tackle-unlicensed-K-Cup-challenge

Can you own the word "candy"? Some say yes. http://kotaku.com/candy-crush-makers-dont-want-to-trademark-candy-anym-1530680632

Who said anything about "optimization"? You specifically talked about "high execution" lovers. I say let them have high execution. Give Parasoul a just-frame teardrop that is a different color, and exactly the same in all other regards to a normal teardrop. That way you get all the fun of high...

I was discussing an ideal (ie. how things should be). I already gave my opinion on how things are (trios are best). In order for my statement to be correct, the execution requirement should be low enough across all options that the difference doesn't matter. As you said, there is necessarily a...

You are correct here, but you learned the wrong thing. The correct lesson to take away here is that games should be designed to eliminate the influence of execution. Tester : I think that black having four queens is making the game unbalanced. Designer: You're right. I'll add a rule that...

Invalid. There is no such thing as "too much balance". More balance is always better. :PUN: There are many facets to a game, all of them affecting whether the game is "good" or "bad". Balance is one of those facets, and any improvement to balance is an improvement to the game. Now, any change...