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Cease and Desist – Parodies and Infringement in Video Games (Patreon)

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2018-08-24 01:31:28

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Cataloging all of the games that had to be updated or patched due to potentially infringing material in our latest feature.

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Cease and Desist - Parodies and Infringement in Video Games

Much of the video game industry was the Wild West during the 80s, particularly in Japan. Since it wasn't regulated and no one in particular paid attention to it outside of computer fans and kids, developers often felt they could...ahem...re-appropriate certain copyrighted characters, visuals, or music for their games, without getting appropriate legal permission.