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-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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?
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?