Wolverine. You can probably stop doing that now.

[rivkat]

Marvel sues computer game for allowing players to create Marvel-like characters. My immediate reaction, without much exposure to the game: direct copyright (and perhaps trademark) infringement -- possible, depending entirely on the marketing materials; contributory and vicarious trademark infringement (which essentially alleges that the game

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[shiba_inu]

They get pretty bleedin' ridiculous with those costumes, don't they? Damn Reed Richards and his unstable molecules (tm) fabrics.

I've gotten pretty disgusted with Marvel over the past couple of years. I don't read comics as much as I used to but I've noticed that they've gone crazy with re-inventing just about each title. In many cases it really wasn't necessary.

It's not all bad -- some of the revamped Spider-Man stuff is hilarious. And Daredevil is pretty interesting since he got "outed". Other than that, though, it's aggravating.

[rivkat]

I'm glad to hear from someone who knows the game. Perhaps in response to the lawsuit, the website seems basically nonfunctional. But the complaint did sound like a pretty big reach, since they're complaining that a person can assemble a Wolverine character by taking a bunch of independent steps. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.