irstupid on 13 November 2018
| omarct said: I have always hated copyright laws. When is the government going to step up and make copyright laws similar to patent laws which expire after a few years. No one should get in trouble for enjoying and sharing 20 year old products as long as they are not making a profit out of it. |
It's not about the game being still copyrighted so much but the characters.
Mario is still an active IP, copyright, moneymaker for Nintendo. No one else can profit off of Mario without breaking copyright law, whether that be a T-shirt they designed with Mairo on it or a 20 year old game that Nintendo isn't making/selling anymore or a fanmade game like many Pokémon games. The point remains the same. Someone is profiting off of the name/image of Mario/Pokemon when that is an active copyrighted character of Nintendo's.
