The media organization said its copyright for Wordle includes the unique elements of the property’s gameplay, such as the 5x6 grid and the colored tiles.
The New York Times is on the hunt for copies of Wordle, the word-guessing game it acquired for seven figures in 2022. And it’s using takedown notices to kill 1,900 versions of the game housed on GitHub. At the heart of the situation is the game “Reactle,” a Wordle copycat created by Developer Chase Wackerfuss in React JavaScript. The Times sent Wackerfuss a DMCA takedown request this week for infringing its Wordle copyright, according to a report from 404 Media.
” To be fair, an archived version of Reactle saved to the Internet Archive does look exactly like Wordle, minus the sleek Times-esque design. Wackerfuss told 404 Media that he decided to remove Reactle from GitHub after being informed of the takedown request. “GitHub messaged me and I was just like, you know what, fuck this. I’m not going to get into a legal battle with The New York Times, so it wasn’t worth it to me and I just removed the game,” Wackerfuss told the outlet.
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