Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Worldle (opens in new tab)

(bbc.com)

27 pointstheflyingelvis1y ago12 comments

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IMO the NYT goes too far with its copyright/trademark claims. A few months ago several small-time amateur hobbyist Wordle-clone GitHub repositories were deleted due to NYT DMCA takedowns.

reaperman1y ago

Considering I read this headline as "Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Wordle" ... I think this is an entirely valid trademark dispute. Yes, NYT goes too far with copyright/trademark claims, but this one seems like an issue where reasonable minds could disagree.

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metadat1y ago

"But if You Don't Defend Your Trademark You Might Lose It!"

- The 'Safety Lawyer' Who Never Gets Fired Or Laid Off

noitpmeder1y ago

I mean isn't that how it actually works?

marssaxman1y ago

This kind of selfish behavior makes me want to stop playing Wordle.

willf1y ago

I had to take down my wordle10.com website (a 10 letter version of Wordle).

cr125rider1y ago

The NYT is more lawyers than journalism at this point.

AstroJetson1y ago

It's - Executives - Lawyers - Accountants - 4 guys running IT - 3 writers - part time fact checker

The Grey Lady is now in hospice, just a matter of time when the 2024 campaign money dries up.

supermatt1y ago

Maybe the NYT haven’t heared of Scrabble or Boggle?

gklitz1y ago

Neither of those are typosquatters of the other, and NYT didn’t name their game “Scralbble” for good reason.

iamevn1y ago

I don't think it's at all reasonable to say that https://worldledaily.com/ is typosquatting https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

WWWMMMWWW1y ago

The NYT didn't name the game.

"In the filing, the New York Times, which purchased Wordle for a seven figure sum in 2022"

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