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Wave of Needle In A Haystack clones sparks code theft claims
Original: Endless pile of Needle In Haystack games begins to emerge, as viral hit imitator's devs claim their code was nicked by a
A viral hit indie game is spawning a flood of imitators, and one copycat's developers are now accusing another clone of stealing their source code, allegedly built with the help of generative AI. The dispute is drawing attention to how quickly cheap clones of trending games appear and how hard it is to police copied code.
Why now: unclear
Evidence
- Endless pile of Needle In Haystack games begins to emerge, as viral hit imitator's devs claim their code was nicked by a genAI-using clone https:// lemmy.zip/post/73521406 · GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 1
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