White House Removes Tetris-Style Border Game From Website
The White House has taken down a Tetris-inspired online game promoting border wall construction after receiving a trademark infringement warning from the game’s rights holders. The removal ends a brief controversy over the use of the copyrighted puzzle franchise for political messaging.
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White House pulls ‘Build the Wall’ game after warning from Tetris
The White House on Tuesday pulled a Tetris-style game called Build the Wall from its new online arcade, four days after a warning by the classic game maker that it takes copyright infringement seriously. The block-stacking game, subtitled “Zombie Border Siege”, told players to “protect the border from the coming horde”. It was no longer available on whitehouse.gov/arcade on Tuesday. The White House did not immediately respond to a request asking why it was removed. The Tetris Company said on...
By Agence France-Presse
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The Tetris Company said it took copyright infringement “very seriously.”
By Zachary Folk, Forbes Staff
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The White House has pulled a Tetris-style game called "Build the Wall" from its new online arcade, four days after a warning by the classic game maker that it takes copyright infringement seriously.
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