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ComradeMiao, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store

Are they upset or does western media constantly try to portray Chinese internet users as sensitive?

Aatube,

they are upset, as upset as any normal person is against those meme clickbait garbage videos

Shiggles,

I mean this is pretty standard fare for any gamers, anywhere. But I’m sure this question is being asked in good faith :)

ComradeMiao,

Meh knock offs aren’t always bad, everything was a doom knock iff at first ;)

ComradeMiao,

Yes I do mean my comment in good faith

djsoren19,

idk, but I saw some of the insane shit they were posting when Black Myth: Wukong didn’t win Game of the Year at the Game Awards. It wouldn’t surprise me if that anger is spilling over to other targets.

icecreamtaco,
@icecreamtaco@lemmy.world avatar

Chinese internet users are overly sensitive

Daveyborn, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store
@Daveyborn@lemmy.world avatar

Does a company own the likeness of wukong? Seems kinda silly to be mad over that.

ComradeMiao,

No, only a dude from the Ming dynasty does lol

stephen01king,

What is the copyright system like in the Ming dynasty, I wonder.

ComradeMiao,

That’s an interesting question!

I found this:

The Song’s imperial successors, and especially the Ming (A.D. 1368-1644), endeavored to strengthen state control of publication, although relatively few changes were made to the formal structure of regulation until the Qing. Each post-Song dynastic code specifically forbade the unauthorized republication of governmental works on astronomy, the civil service examinations, and other materials long considered sensitive. Additionally, each contained provisions banning “devilish books.” These provisions were supplemented periodically by special decrees— as may be seen, for example, in the Hongwu Emperor’s (1368-92) orders that all works disparaging the newly founded Ming dynasty even indirectly through the use of homophonic puns be eliminated," and in the Qianlong Emperor’s (1736-96) famous decree of 1774 requiring that all literature be reviewed so that any books containing heterodox ideas could be destroyed.

Alford, William P… To steal a book is an elegant offense: intellectual property law in Chinese civilization. 1995.

stephen01king,

So does that mean the original novel’s rights belong to the Ming dynasty?

ComradeMiao,

I don’t know beyond the article I just read and cited. I’m sure it changed in the republic. It says they started a new system in the 1920s then in the PRC in 1980s. I’m sure the answer is them no that family of the author does not own it.

That said if one was to use details specific to modern Chinese or English translations I’m sure that is copyrighted

xavier666, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store

“Let them fight”

uberdroog, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store
@uberdroog@lemmy.world avatar

How long before the news reports the game was just stealing your data.

DudeImMacGyver, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store
@DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works avatar

The irony…

tacosanonymous, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee avatar

Is it any good?

DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store

Copyright infringement sucks when it happens to you doesn’t it China

ComradeMiao,

Copyright infringement in China is awesome! It allows one to buy things at a fraction of the cost because of such competition. A lot of western brands’ factories sell the product locally unbranded for 1/10 of the price and it’s awesome

Kbobabob,

How does the local economy fair against Western countries? Is it on par?

ComradeMiao,

What’re you asking? This practice greatly benefits locals if you ask me :)

catloaf,

Sure, at the cost of the people doing the work to design the product not being compensated for their labor.

Electricblush,
@Electricblush@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, because that is where all the profit goes in Western companies, and not the CEO, upper management and stockholders…

You are not wrong in assuming that exploited labor is being under compensated, but different models of labor exploitation aside, people actually making value are not the people reaping the benefits.

catloaf,

That’s true, I would prefer the people doing the most work get the most reward. But currently they’re getting none, so I would settle for some.

rebelsimile,

Ok but it’s not done by a bunch of Robin Hoods, they rip off (read: steal and then destroy the economic capacity of) small/independent designers all the time too.

Electricblush,
@Electricblush@lemmy.world avatar

Oh absolutely, I was mainly targeting the notion that the way “legit” companies distribute the profits is somehow more fair.

If anything these markets show what the actual cost of production is, so it shows how much profit could have been distributed to those actually producing the goods. (Including designers, factory workers etc)

A lot more people could have sustainable incomes instead of CEOs getting their third yacht…

Cowbee,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

The ones designing the vast majority of IP are paid in wages, the ones who own the IP have not actually designed it, or played a minimal role, ie outlining what they want designed. Copyright is something that is truly unnecessary in general, it is at its best when protecting the vast minority of small producers who own their own designs and can actually afford to manufacture and sell them, but the bulk of the economy is not at all organized in such a fashion to begin with.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

It’s actually better, NGL

SkunkWorkz,

Copyright infringement also means small creators get their lunch money stolen by big Chinese corporations. Copyright doesn’t just protect corpos.

ComradeMiao,

Yeah the individuals deserve to be protected but I have no care for corpos losing to other corpos

Duamerthrax,

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  • ComradeMiao,

    You’re claiming that Chinese people cannot design anything new because they built a replica city? Way to admit you know nothing about anything China does and show your ignorant racism.

    Duamerthrax,

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  • ComradeMiao,

    Didn’t realize I’m arguing with a racist 18 year old lmao. Bye!

    Nutteman,
    @Nutteman@lemmy.world avatar

    Copyright sucks. Brought to you by copyleft gang

    mnemonicmonkeys,

    Uh, copyleft still depends on copyright. All it means is that licenses are free so long as the terms are followed, but it still relies on licensing. The actual opposite(s) of copyright is open-source and/or public domain.

    catloaf,

    Open source licenses also depend on copyright. The opposite of copyright is IP anarchy.

    southsamurai, do scifi w 'Megalopolis': Francis Ford Coppola on the conspiracy of bad reviews
    @southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Jfc, don’t be that guy. Just take the lumps and ignore them like any other director does.

    HeartyBeast,
    @HeartyBeast@kbin.social avatar

    If you are asked about bad reviews directly, you can’t exactly ‘no comment’ them. His response is basically ‘it’s not a conventional film’ is a perfectly reasonable one, I think.

    Who knows how this will turn out

    JelloBrains, do scifi w 'Resident Alien': Linda Hamilton says working with Alan Tudyk like 'comedy camp'
    @JelloBrains@kbin.social avatar

    Damn, I have to go hunting, I didn't know a new season had come out so my DVR isn't set, I hope season 3 sticks to being more like season 1 or the second half of season 2, I didn't care for what felt like a change in tone away from the Alien aspect in the first half of season 2.

    I've enjoyed her work in Resident Alien, she was also really good in Chuck.

    SocialMediaRefugee, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy

    This whole subscription/rental economy I keep seeing is one of the biggest changes in the last few decades. If anything is pushing us further into a truly class based society of owners and the rest of you it is this.

    Destraight, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy

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  • TheHobbyist,

    Ownership of games is a pretty reasonable interpretation in this context. How can ownership of games exist in a context of digital access, activation, online requirements and no physical media?

    Destraight, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy

    This reads like an AI wrote it

    vlad76,
    @vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    It doesn’t look like it’s labeled as AI written, but who knows.

    Kodemystic, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy
    @Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev avatar

    Own nothing be happy yada yada

    Frogster8, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy

    An AI written post which has a very tiny connection to gaming…

    Mr_Blott,

    I see Business Insider now, I downvote. Trash “journalism”

    p03locke,
    @p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Also, something like 15 years too late.

    chemicalwonka, do games w The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy
    @chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    Read Richard Stallman and see that all this is nothing new. Repeat the mantra: You will have nothing and you will be “happy.” Mass surveillance is acceptable after all I have nothing to hide.

    0x0,

    The dude has been telling anyone who will listen for decades. Here’s a story from '97: www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

    Disclaimer: yes, he is a weirdo and has been embroiled in various controversies, but these ideas stand on their own.

    bartolomeo,

    But not only were they illegal, like debuggers—you could not install one if you had one, without knowing your computer’s root password. And neither the FBI nor Microsoft Support would tell you that.

    XD

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