Comment on dBrand Companion Cube cancelled:
Westcoastdg@lemmy.ca 1 week agoThe real answer is boring. Think about the legal precedent that would be set, this would be seen as condoning anyone to go out, market and accept money for a representation of their IP without asking for permission beforehand, no legal team worth their salt is going to allow that. They don’t want to reward someone for doing things the wrong way from a legal standpoint. There’s also probably a possible fraud liability here, the same way trademark owners are required to legally pursue copycat brands to prevent customers from being defrauded
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It wouldn’t set a legal precedent. Valve would still be well within their rights to shut down any other products that did something similar. If they signed a license agreement now everything would be fine and above board, and valve would still be able to do this exact thing to any other brands who did the same thing if they so chose.
hasnep@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I think they just meant precedent, like it sets an example of how they treat copyright infringement.