01-19-2015, 04:26 PM
(01-19-2015, 07:56 AM)Mass Distraction Wrote:(01-19-2015, 01:14 AM)RepentantSky Wrote: If it turns out that I'm wrong and there was something malevolent about this, it doesn't change the fact that it's within their rights to do so if they feel The Last Year is too close to their material. It doesn't make it fair but it's legal and there's not much that can be done about that fact. It sucks but I saw that Last year stuff, I can see why some of the claim says it does. Inspiration or ripping off, it all seems pretty close to me in this case.
If they didn't use any assets, locations or anything otherwise straight from Friday the 13th there is legally nothing that can be done about it. If it is not using any actual copyrighted material then they have the complete legal rights to proceed with the game. If that was the case not a single mockbuster or a parody would ever have seen the light of day.
That said I can see why they might look at The Last Year and think there are enough similarities that it goes beyond a simple parody, homage to or mockbuster version of their property. It really does look similar and the camp's name is literally one word in difference to the camp in Friday The 13th. I kind of have my doubts The Last Year is going away, but I can't say it shocks me that this happened either.