Games and copylefting

[SuperSunny]

Is the property of a game under copyright law if no content is copied from the game, but instead entirely recreated (albeit the same story is used)?

[=sw=warlord]

Yes i believe it comes under intellectual property.

[annihilation]

Yes.

[n00b1n8R]

Yes i believe it comes under intellectual property.
Pretty much this.

If I worked at a pharmaceuticals company anddeveloped a new drug and memorised the chemical formula, then went to a rival company and produced my drug there, they've just got a new product for $0 research. It's theft.

[Bhamid]

That would be exactly the same though wouldn't it? Making halo using something like iD Tech 3 would only infringe on the idea, not the technology.

[Cojafoji]

the idea? no. if you copy character names word for word, then yes.

[Warsaw]

And the Halo universe is property of Microsoft. They would more than likely give you a Cease and Desist order before any legal action though.

As for recreating the story with different locales and characters, well, that's treading on thin ice. Borderlands got away with riffing on several games/TV series at once and so did Darksiders.

[Phopojijo]

It falls under Trademark Infringement, Plagiarism, etc.

[paladin]

Plagiarism

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Even you if you reword it, its the idea that matters.

[Cojafoji]

there's a certain point where an idea ceases to be original...

if your game is about blue monkeys doing cocaine on the moon, you're not gonna get sued if you make a game about green monkeys smoking meth on mars.