Back on topic please
So who has the copyright of this hat. This hat is not bad though. Nice colour and a hat that I would get. Unfortunately, hats at that shop always get ignored by players due to its age.
The question is, is it on era pc? Since that's the origin of iEra.
Era PC released in 2002
Maplestory released in 2003
iEra released in 2010
My thoughts? I highly doubt that a much more popular game like maplestory would copy something from a less populated game. Even though PC release date was earlier, you can't guarantee that they even made it first. I don't think you can guarantee it unless you ask the artist of hawkeye themself and their inspiration and vice versa.
But seriously though? It really doesn't matter, it's been there for 8 years and will probably remain there until the shop changes, if ever. I don't see how 1 hat is a problem whereas there are plenty of other items in iEra that's from other games and movies which is seen as copyrighted.
Cheers.
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You cannot trademark (or copyright protect?) a graphic pirate hat simply because of the fact it is blue and has feathers
Also making knock offs of fashions/designs (basically) is free from any copyright issues
"The world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people" -Mother Teresa
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I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, I just thought it was super cool since Era and Maplestory are 2 of my faves and thought it was cool to see Graal Era, a relatively unknown game imo, reference it!