Enlarge / Screenshot comparisons like these do make Free Fire look very similar to PUBG .
Shortly after the 2017 release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ( PUBG ), creator Brendan Greene publicly aired his exasperation at just how many developers were releasing shameless clones of the game’s then-unique battle royale concept and how hard it was to stop those copycats. Now, PUBG ‘s Korean publisher Krafton has filed a lawsuit against one PUBG clone it says has engaged in “rampant, willful copyright infringement” of the popular game.
In the lawsuit , Krafton alleges that mobile hits Free Fire and Free Fire Max “extensively copy numerous aspects of Battlegrounds , both individually and in combination. ” Those games attracted over 100 million daily users at the end of 2020, according to the particular lawsuit, and brought in typically the majority of Singaporean publisher Garena’s more than $2 billion in revenue for that year.
Krafton also makes Apple company and Google party to this suit for listing the infringing game in their mobile app stores and for ignoring a recent request to take them down. In addition, Google is allegedly liable for hosting YouTube videos showing Free Fire ‘s infringing gameplay on its service.
Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments
