Comment on dBrand Companion Cube cancelled:

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good graces only go so far. Dbrand has unfortunately done this before and didn’t learn their lesson, no reason to play ball with them.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On the other hand, it was a cool product that many people would have enjoyed. And now it’s gone.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And I bet it could have gone quite smoothly if Dbrand had bothered to contact Valve before making it.

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      • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not in any way saying that they shouldn’t have done that.

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• WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Look at Dbrand’s history before condemning Valve. Thanks to @woelkchen@lemmy.world for pointing it out.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I said “not very sporting”. That’s hardly a condemnation.

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    • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, the sport you are talking about is seeing how much you can steal and get away with. So…

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• Tippy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They caught a company stealing their intellectual property and lying to consumers that they had permission to create a product and fulfill orders as a result of that theft, and promptly shut their bullshit down. While I’m not a big fan of some IP laws and how they can be abused, I’m struggling to see how you think Valve deserves any reproach for this. This isn’t even the first time this company has tried this shit and been slapped for it. At this point its a pattern of behavior that implies they are intentionally trying to steal and scam.

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The biggest mistake Valve made was not shutting it down when it was announced.

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  • Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe it was on purpose to stick it to dbrand and their questionable history of licensing

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  • djdarren@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair play though, it is pretty funny that they let DBrand spend all that money first.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i won’t fault valve’s IP infringement team for missing one infringing product in a sea of i’m not bothering to estimate infringing products

    it’s the fact that it’s a companion cube [valve™] for a valve [valve™] video game [valve™] console [valve™] being made by notvalve™. if it was just a t-shirt on redbubble they could probably fly under the radar, but this is too close to confusing the consumer. like, how many people here automatically assumed they had valve’s permission? which would imply some sort of partnership with valve, just by making the faceplates?

    ideally that’s the kind of confusion IP law is supposed to prevent. how it’s used vs how it was intended is another can of worms (and idealism versus pragmatism is a fun argument don’t get me wrong) but we can pretend for a little bit.

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    • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I definitely assumed some kind of partnership, especially after watching the launch video where they claimed Aperture Science had been bought by dBrand.

      Why yes, yes it has already been re-uploaded to YouTube:

      youtu.be/DfITSn5pcrQ

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