warning to any devs using the phrase "choose your own adventure" to describe their games, Chooseco is issuing takedown notices to @itchio for trademark infringement. Example game page they went after:

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@moonscript @itchio Can you get in touch over this? patrick.klepek@vice.com

@moonscript @itchio This is so dreadful. Seems they're very aggressively pursuing this. Apparently this lawsuit is going on currently: hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/netfli…

@moonscript @itchio This is dumb.

@moonscript @itchio What episode of black mirror is this again?

@moonscript @itchio haha I didn't mean to get itch in trouble or anything, and I understand the legal mechanisms and incentives... but it's still unjust that the outcome of this is "hey indies, we have to takedown your games until you delete 4 words"

@moonscript @itchio wat.

@moonscript @WritNelson @itchio Dang. This actually does apply to Kyle is Famous. Gonna' switch that up right now.

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@moonscript @itchio So sad...

@moonscript @itchio Time to make the Choose Your Own Adventure Game Jam! Who’s in?

@moonscript @c_rakestraw @itchio How.. how can you COPYRIGHT A PHRASE

@moonscript @itchio "Choose your own adventure" should be a public domain phrase. I've never heard of Chooseco, but I promise you they didn't invent that phrase.

@moonscript @Campster @itchio Wow, those CYOA books I read in 1995 better watch their ass. What a frivolous lawsuit

@moonscript @itchio As far as I can tell, their trademarks only apply to books/print. Surprised @itchio is just rolling over on that. I expected better from them.

@moonscript @fasterthanlime @itchio Ah, yes, the "Chews Your Own Venture" company.

@moonscript @itchio Lets start using Pick your Own Outing :D

@moonscript @itchio Utterly dreadful

@moonscript @itchio Ok, I'll copyright "Adventure your own choice".

@moonscript @itchio Let's just all collectively agree to use "pick your own adventure" from now on instead, and get it so popular it eclipses them. Like reforming a WhatsApp group with all the same members except one person :P

@moonscript @itchio My guess is the person who invented the "choose your own adventure" concept doesn't even work for chooseco anymore. Just patent trolls.

@moonscript @Campster @itchio Oh ffs, they're still at it?

@moonscript @itchio this is very shitty, but have heard stories of this in the past too. what if you use the phrase "choose your own adventure" in context of a sentence & frame it as describing something players can do rather than an adjectival phrase? (e.g. "choose your own adventure in this...")

@moonscript @itchio @JimSterling Jim have you see this yet??

@moonscript @itchio Well that's distressing 😣

@moonscript @itchio "Adventure? Your own choose!" It is then

@moonscript @itchio @YongYea maybe you wanna check this oneout. Also if you make a video can you "insist" on the fact that @moonscript at least does communicate with other itch users on that kind of issue ? That's the kind of proactiveness we'd like to see from steam too you know ;)

@moonscript @itchio Start calling them Choice-Driven Adventures

@moonscript @zarawesome @itchio EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE #edge ...again. hopefully not too many people are screwed over and this ends the same way as that fiasco

@moonscript @itchio today is her birthday

@moonscript @itchio It's okay to just say visual novel.

@moonscript @itchio >Chooseco was founded in 2003 >CYOA genre exists since at least the late 70's >The genre's definition is so broad you can't trademark it reasonably >Chooseco clearly didn't see the shitstorm King had when they tried to trademark "Candy" and "Crush" @diogostuart

@moonscript @itchio your own choose adventure