Well…it's rather unlikely that Namco would find this an obstacle in their financial concern, cause they are already shredding money from people (look at their PacMan app for iOS - want to play this map? That'll be $0.99. That's in American dollars, too. Multiply that by 1.2 and you have a deal.) When you look at for-profit companies, they just want money. If money were biscuits, the top software companies would need a rather large warehouse to store it all. So, if you make a few thousand dollars a day (or more), would it be of concern if a child made their own version of your game? Hopefully not, and they'd be really happy if you incorporated their idea (of course, with permission)?

Obviously not. Some people just want to be the king of the world.
Well, I'd hope that is taken into account on both sides of this argument, and that a negotiation is made soon.

timetravelernick wrote:

What ever happened to the old pac-man project is it still around?

Please don't necropost - necroposting is posting in a resolved topic that hasn't been posted in in a while without adding any important information. Thanks!

Since “Fair Use” states that the project is allowed because it is for educational purposes, could the creator actually sue NOMco?

cheddargirl wrote:

cheeseeater wrote:

Apparently they though a ten year old's Pac-Man project is a threat to their finances and economic well-being.

Really?

Yep, no lie. There's a copy of their DCMA takedown notice somewhere on the internet if you want to read it.

Lol!

gdpr533f604550b2f20900645890 wrote:

Since “Fair Use” states that the project is allowed because it is for educational purposes, could the creator actually sue NOMco?

No, but the creator could theoretically legally challenge it if they wanted to.

cheddargirl wrote:

kNoobLauch wrote:

Hey,

I heared that a scratch game (“Pac-Man”) has been deleted cause the Pac-Man developer doesn't agree with it.
Could the same thing happen with my project? The game idea has nothing to do with the original pac-man.
If yes, do i just have to rename the game? or also to redesign the game character? D':

Greetings from Germany

Namco-Bandai forced us to censor a project because Namco-Bandai didn't like people using their characters. Apparently they though a ten year old's Pac-Man project is a threat to their finances and economic well-being.

Honestly, we believe it was a case of Fair Use, and we're not going to remove your Pac-Man project (or any other project for that matter) just because Namco-Bandai forced us to censor one. Whether or not Namco-Bandai is going to be come all huffy again and demand removal of your project is another question.

LOL you burned Namco XD

NOMCO: what u mean u dont agree with me, do you know who ur dealing with?

*NOMCO PRESSES THIS SCRIPT:*

when this sprite clicked
delete (Pacman v) of [ Scratch projects v]

NOMCO laughs like evil

Since this topic hasn't seen a new post from the topic owner in a long time, I'm going to assume that it is dead and close the topic. If it still is alive, the topic owner just needs to use the Report button to ask a mod to reopen it