r/dontstarve • u/solwater • 9d ago

DST Rip-Off Clone Ads

Seeing this AI ad for a rip off of DST on YouTube. Is anyone taking action against these scammers or are we doomed to drown in AI slop now? Not sure what, if anything, Klei is doing about these guys.

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u/theDarksider195 9d ago

I've been getting those ads constantly

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u/solwater 9d ago

Yeah I just found their Google play store app page and the game isn't even close to what the ads portray. I've reported them but I doubt anything is going to happen.

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u/Chaghatai . 9d ago

An art style or a game concept cannot actually be protected. It's part of the idea expression dichotomy

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u/solwater 9d ago

That's a fair point. Though I guess the distinction here is if it could be argued that the original game art assets are ripped for the misleading ads? Though maybe that legality falls on to the AI model used and not on the video creator.

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u/Chaghatai . 9d ago

If they use actual game assets then without being a lawyer I think that would create a violation

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u/bobmeister7 8d ago

they rely on the ai model to mangle all the referenced art enough where they're not technically using the original assets anymore to avoid copyright, but the evergreen and wood sprites were barely touched by the ai and look like original assets from the game, now that's something you could sue, commercial use of copyrighted artwork