Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Worldle (bbc.com)

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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.

metadat 2y ago ↗

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

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

noitpmeder 2y ago ↗

I mean isn't that how it actually works?

reaperman 2y 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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supermatt 2y ago ↗

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

gklitz 2y ago ↗

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

WWWMMMWWW 2y 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"

iamevn 2y 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

marssaxman 2y ago ↗

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

willf 2y ago ↗

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

cr125rider 2y ago ↗

The NYT is more lawyers than journalism at this point.

AstroJetson 2y 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.