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New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones
The New York Times has issued a takedown notice to Reactle, a Wordle clone, which has meant around 1900 other versions …
"I write to submit a revised DMCA Notice regarding an infringing repository (and hundreds of forked repositories) hosted by Github that instruct users how to infringe The New York Times Co.'s ('The Times') copyright in its immensely popular Wordle game and create knock-off copies of the same," reads the notice, as reported by 404 Media. The notice adds that Github must delete any projects which have forked Reactle, stating they also infringe on The NYT's copyright and were made in "clearly bad faith". Some of these include Colordle, which asks you to guess the hexadecimal colour code of the site's background, and Squirdle, which tests Pokémon knowledge.
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