schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoTop EU Court’s Advisor Explains Why Video Game Cheats Are Not Copyright Infringementwww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mllegalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoWhat if the health values are human creations like special symbols or works of creative art?
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoThe symbols would be copyrighted, but the actual behind-the-scenes value (i.e. 20/100, 62.5/1200, etc) isn’t. That’s what they’re referring to.
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoI mean what if you didn’t use 20/100 for the value, you used a symbol (in the code as the value). Would it still apply?
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours ago…yes? Changing the language or the way it’s presented doesn’t change the math behind the scenes. That’s not how computers work.
What if the health values are human creations like special symbols or works of creative art?
The symbols would be copyrighted, but the actual behind-the-scenes value (i.e. 20/100, 62.5/1200, etc) isn’t. That’s what they’re referring to.
I mean what if you didn’t use 20/100 for the value, you used a symbol (in the code as the value). Would it still apply?
…yes? Changing the language or the way it’s presented doesn’t change the math behind the scenes. That’s not how computers work.