Remake of old game, copyright infringement issues?

Artemix · June 22, 2019, 7:41pm

anonymous_user_232197e21:

No issues because Dota is owned by valve, the mod creators in this case are simply using it and giving fresh ideas for “free” to Valve so Valve can take your “ideas” and create its own game with no problems at all especially one related to their own product.

Even if “Dota Autochess” was a unique product there is nothing that can legally prevent Valve or any other company to create a similar game with similar mechanics (even same mechanics) as that game. Just look at how many “Temple runs” there are now in the market, or candy crushes.

Copyright infringement goes into murkier waters when companies start using the same titles and art assets or very close look alike to famous well established characters. Even then there will be a very very expensive court case to look into these and determine if all this is valid and to what extend. But if you are working from a basement they wouldn’t even bother with you at best they would send a mail to Steam to block your site there.

You should take a look at this thread and the links added, where gameplay was actually copyrighted.