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coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 2 years ago

‘Albion can’t be copyrighted’ - Peter Molyneux explains how his new game is set in the same world as Fable [VGC]

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‘Albion can’t be copyrighted’ - Peter Molyneux explains how his new game is set in the same world as Fable [VGC]

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coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 2 years ago
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Peter Molyneux has claimed that his newly announced game, Masters of Albion is set in the same world as Fable, despite being unaffiliated with Microsoft, or the Fable franchise.
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  • regul ( regul@lemm.ee ) 
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    When asked if he was sure that Albion couldn’t be copyrighted due to its historical context, he replied: “I don’t know if I’m honest, I don’t really know… I hope so. I mean you would think that the responsible person I should be, I would’ve spent the last six months in lawyers’ offices…”

    Bold strategy, Cotton.

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    • minimalfootprint ( minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Ugh. I kind of wish you would just go gracefully into the background Peter.

      He passed gracefully 2 or 3 “games” ago. The quotation marks, because they were basically abandoned for a new gimmick, without delivering.

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        Godus had real promise, I played the early release. Absolutely never delivered on what it promised, implicitly or explicitly, though.

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      Brb, making a sequel to Sonic & The Black Knight and officially licensing it.

      What? Sega can’t copyright Camelot!

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    When asked if he was sure that Albion couldn’t be copyrighted due to its historical context, he replied: “I don’t know if I’m honest, I don’t really know… I hope so. I mean you would think that the responsible person I should be, I would’ve spent the last six months in lawyers’ offices…”

    This fucking clown…

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    He’s absolutely right! He’d be violating a trademark, not copyright.

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      Further, just because a name like that came be “copyrighted” doesn’t mean the rest of the game isn’t lmao.

      If I made Nuclear D.C., a post apocalyptic game set it the Fallout universe in Washington D.C. as a followup to Fallout 3, I wouldn’t magically be okay just because it’s set in a “real” place.

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    So we’re getting Limbo of the Lost 2 afterall?

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    lol.

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    Checks Wikipedia…

    Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain.

    Okay? Why don’t we just change the names of the towns and their locations on the map? Problem fixed!

    Edit: Spacing.

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    That new game (which I can’t remember the name of) looked so bad in the Gamescom opening show. Very gringe.

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