schnurrito to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoTop EU Court’s Advisor Explains Why Video Game Cheats Are Not Copyright Infringementwww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mllegalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoWhat if the health values are human creations like special symbols or works of creative art?
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoThe symbols would be copyrighted, but the actual behind-the-scenes value (i.e. 20/100, 62.5/1200, etc) isn’t. That’s what they’re referring to.
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI mean what if you didn’t use 20/100 for the value, you used a symbol (in the code as the value). Would it still apply?
What if the health values are human creations like special symbols or works of creative art?
The symbols would be copyrighted, but the actual behind-the-scenes value (i.e. 20/100, 62.5/1200, etc) isn’t. That’s what they’re referring to.
I mean what if you didn’t use 20/100 for the value, you used a symbol (in the code as the value). Would it still apply?