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#1 2011-10-26 10:24:08
- GameHutSoftware
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Copyright infringement?
I was at the bookstore a couple of days ago, and I came across something called "Dork Diaries". Seriously? I looked inside it, and saw that is was a complete rip-off of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Same setup (a few paragraphs and a drawing), same idea (kid in school), same FONT even. And Diary of a Wimpy Kid isn't a rip-off of Dork Diaries, because Wimpy Kid came out two years before!
Discuss horrible piggybackers who aren't creative and just want to make money.
I feel like suing.
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#2 2011-10-26 10:25:25
- CheeseMunchy
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Re: Copyright infringement?
:o
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#3 2011-10-26 10:43:15
- undefeatedgames
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Re: Copyright infringement?
I heard of them Dork Diaries. Here's another ripoff:
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Crypt-Diary … amp;sr=8-1
People need to be more creative.
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#4 2011-10-26 10:44:38
- Sunrise-Moon
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Re: Copyright infringement?
undefeatedgames wrote:
I heard of them Dork Diaries. Here's another ripoff:
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Crypt-Diary … amp;sr=8-1
People need to be more creative.
That one's a parody, not a ripoff.
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#5 2011-10-26 12:06:03
- cheddargirl
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Re: Copyright infringement?
GameHutSoftware wrote:
I was at the bookstore a couple of days ago, and I came across something called "Dork Diaries". Seriously? I looked inside it, and saw that is was a complete rip-off of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Same setup (a few paragraphs and a drawing), same idea (kid in school), same FONT even. And Diary of a Wimpy Kid isn't a rip-off of Dork Diaries, because Wimpy Kid came out two years before!
Discuss horrible piggybackers who aren't creative and just want to make money.
I feel like suing.
According to the product description given by amazon.com, Dork Diaries is basically aimed at a girl-based audience where Diary of a Wimpy Kid is aimed at a boy-based audience. Basically, same kind of idea, but targeting different reader demographic.
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#7 2011-10-31 19:01:35
Re: Copyright infringement?
undefeatedgames wrote:
xDDDD
It's a parody, though.
Anyways, like I said, Dork Diaries is completely different, except for the outcast in school thing.
And a lot of people use a font like that for "diary" books.
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