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Halsti t1_jegsvsy wrote

well.. ish. You cannot copyright rules of a game. the name "Monopoly" is trademarked, just like the monopoly man, so no one can make a game called monopoly. so in that way, you are right.

but anyone could make a game that works 100% exactly the same as monopoly. you have to make sure you dont break copyright on anything. so they would have to name it something else, give all the spaces different names, design a new board and write their own version of the rule book, that describes the rules exactly the same, BUT you could make the exact same game, with a different name.

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brandonade t1_jegv2m2 wrote

but thing is that there exists no relevant game like Monopoly, hense why we could say hasbro has a monopoly over monopoly

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Splice1138 t1_jegyiqx wrote

You can find plenty of knock off *-opoly games on store shelves. You can even order a custom one

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UnhingedBeluga t1_jeh1sjb wrote

Can confirm. I used to be gifted all sorts of knockoff -opoly games as a kid, even though I hated playing monopoly

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