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Palworld embroiled in AI and Pokémon ‘plagiarism’ controversy (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Legally? No, it's not time for it to enter public domain.

That being said, yes, Pokemon should be close. The original copyright term in the US was 17 years with an additional 17 years extension. 34 years is plenty time to get money out of a work. It's time we stop letting corporations exploit the public domain without giving back