Now they've done it.

[puzzlemaster]

Those clickbaiting kids at Roblox have finally done it!
https://www.roblox.com/games/524538847/Factorio
I mean come on, the original is so much better than some lously tycoon kit clickbait game.

[KatherineOfSky]

Jeez, that's awful. I hope the Factorio devs can (legally) make them change the name at least.

[daniel0674]

The name is not the only thing they took, the picture on the roblox site has also been featured in FFF #137 and was created and uploaded by Ironhand in this thread[forums.factorio.com].
http://steamcommunity.com/games/427520/announcements/detail/826785883873552088

[SunStormer]

As much as I dislike the idea of cloning someone else's hardwork content and ideas for a game I'm not sure Factorio has a legal leg to stand on. As the actual game doesn't have a copyright anywhere obvious (which I for the life of me I could not find one) but up on the website of www.factorio.com it does have a copyright, so as I'm not well versed in legallities of copyrights I can only assume the content on the website is protected but the actual game itself is well fair game for anyone. Anyone else care to make sense of that?

[Fire Miser]

Depends on the IP laws of the Czech Republic. Yet this kind of stuff happens all the time, just look at all the pokemon mods in minecraft. Its not worth the time and money going after every kid in roblox. Yet if a fan game gets too big like getting on some social media radar it would be worth taking down as an example to protect your IP. Like Pokemon Uranium.

[puzzlemaster]

Originally posted by Fire Miser:

Depends on the IP laws of the Czech Republic. Yet this kind of stuff happens all the time, just look at all the pokemon mods in minecraft. Its not worth the time and money going after every kid in roblox. Yet if a fan game gets too big like getting on some social media radar it would be worth taking down as an example to protect your IP. Like Pokemon Uranium.

But the reason why I am so mad is because it's not even factorio, it's nothing but a clickbait micro-transaction fest tycoon game.

[Morphic]

Wow... That's just... I'm speechless.

I hope the Devs of Factorio can do something about that, at least get that damn guy to change the name of his "game". I would hate to have something trying to mimic my product while being "totally different". That's like going to buy a Coke but instead of getting the popular Red can and label you can a Coke with a Blue can and tastes like lime.

[Ultra]

Im sure this is annoying for the devs to deal with. But the question is if they will cause financial harm, I really doubt it. If I was in the shoes of the developers I honestly would not bother. I dont see a gain in going after them as long as its not causing harm financial. As the developer they can either spend money and time taking this ♥♥♥♥ down or they can spend that time making factorio better

[Lawlzer]

Just wow

[Kieme(ITA)]

that kind of people? I would hang them high.

[DragomirKingsman]

Originally posted by Kieme(ITA):

that kind of people? I would hang them high.

Forget hanging them, why don't we slash them with a sickle and beat them with a hammer a few times, then let them bleed to death under the power of the Communist Republic of the Andinian States. Which I just submitted to the government of Brazil.

[puzzlemaster]

Originally posted by //Dragomirnamehere:

Originally posted by Kieme(ITA):

that kind of people? I would hang them high.

Forget hanging them, why don't we slash them with a sickle and beat them with a hammer a few times, then let them bleed to death under the power of the Communist Republic of the Andinian States. Which I just submitted to the government of Brazil.

Now this is a guy who knows what their talkin' about!

[DragomirKingsman]

Originally posted by Yurdume:

Originally posted by //Dragomirnamehere:

Forget hanging them, why don't we slash them with a sickle and beat them with a hammer a few times, then let them bleed to death under the power of the Communist Republic of the Andinian States. Which I just submitted to the government of Brazil.

Now this is a guy who knows what their talkin' about!

Yaay

[Morphic]

Originally posted by Ultra:

Im sure this is annoying for the devs to deal with. But the question is if they will cause financial harm, I really doubt it. If I was in the shoes of the developers I honestly would not bother. I dont see a gain in going after them as long as its not causing harm financial. As the developer they can either spend money and time taking this ♥♥♥♥ down or they can spend that time making factorio better

You never know. Jax LTD; the makers of games such as "Sequence" decided to file a lawsuit against Iridium Studios; an Indie Developer team. Why? Because Iridium made a wonderful Rhythem DDR-esque RPG called "Sequence". (I'd link the store page but I think that'd be a bit off-topic. If anyone wants to see it, search "Before the Echo" since that is the new name)

The lawsuit essentially was put forth because "Sequence" is a major product of theirs and therefore other games associated with that name will be doing finacial harm to them. Iridium aka Jason Wishnov got some Lawyers together and attempted to battle this ... but learned that Jax Ltd. would want to draw it out and go to court. Not wanting to deal with the plethora of Court and Lawyer Fees, Wishnov decided to change the name.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/200910/discussions/0/611701999537185093/

^ There is a link where Wishnov alerted his Players and was answering questions and discussing it.

So ... yeah. In that instance it was an, arguably, large Company vs a single Indie Dev. In Factorio's case it'd be an Indie Dev team vs whatever tool made that Clickbait game. IMO I'd actually look into it and see what I could do Legally against that game. At the very least I'd want them to change the Name and Cover Art for that game. I mean they did steal that Cover Artwork to be used with the intent to gain Profit, pretty sure that's illegal.

[saqib126]

Originally posted by Yurdume:

Originally posted by Fire Miser:

Depends on the IP laws of the Czech Republic. Yet this kind of stuff happens all the time, just look at all the pokemon mods in minecraft. Its not worth the time and money going after every kid in roblox. Yet if a fan game gets too big like getting on some social media radar it would be worth taking down as an example to protect your IP. Like Pokemon Uranium.

But the reason why I am so mad is because it's not even factorio, it's nothing but a clickbait micro-transaction fest tycoon game.

ya

[Maelstrom]

Originally posted by Yurdume:

it's nothing but a clickbait micro-transaction fest

In other words it's like every other F2P game? I don't think the devs have much to worry about.