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Artist At The Center Of Marathon’s Plagiarism Scandal Says Bungie Has Made Things Right
2.12.2025
The artist took to X to announce that the issue was settled satisfactorily
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Director Of Marathon‘s Incredible Cinematic Short Can’t Believe Some People Are Calling It AI Slop
19.11.2025
Alberto Mielgo also called the plagiarism scandal overblown
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Bungie Settles Plagiarism Lawsuit That Secretly Became About Content Vaulting
17.11.2025
Destiny 2's original opening story was alleged to share similarities with fantasy author's blog
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Death Stranding Director Hideo Kojima Embraces ‘Creating Together With AI’
17.10.2025
Kojima paints an optimistic future where we can use planet-killing plagiarism machines to ‘boost efficiency’
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Bungie’s Marathon Resurfaces To Test One Of Players’ Most-Requested Gameplay Features
7.10.2025
What will it take for the beleaguered extraction shooter to turn over a new leaf?
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Pokémon TCG Pocket‘s Allegedly Plagiarized Cards Are Finally Replaced
8.8.2025
Brand new versions of the Ho-Oh and Lugia immersive cards are now in the set
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Pokémon TCG Pocket Apologizes, Pulls New Cards Following Plagiarism Accusations
30.7.2025
When accusations of plagiarism are made, there’s usually an awful lot of back-and-forth, denials from all sides, and rarely clear-cut satisfaction. But after yesterday’s claims by a Chinese illustrator that his artwork had appeared in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s brand new set, Wisdom of Sea and Sky,...
Plagiarism Concerns Hit Pokémon TCG Pocket Over Ho-Oh Card Art
29.7.2025
A Chinese Pokémon fan has noticed that a piece of fan art of Ho-Oh that they say they created appears to have—based on leaks—been mirrored and included in the forthcoming Wisdom of Sea and Sky set, coming to mobile app Pokémon TCG Pocket tomorrow.Read more
Disney, Universal sue Midjourney — ‘bottomless pit of plagiarism’
12.6.2025
Disney said it filed the complaint after its request to Midjourney to adopt anti-copyright infringement measures was ignored
Disney, Universal sue Midjourney — ‘bottomless pit of plagiarism’
12.6.2025
Disney said it filed the complaint after its request to Midjourney to adopt anti-copyright infringement measures was ignored
Two Hollywood Giants Sue AI Image Engine Midjourney Calling It A 'Bottomless Pit Of Plagiarism'
11.6.2025
Disney and NBCUniversal are going after Midjourney, a generative-AI tool trained on internet data that can be used to make everything from silly memes to short films made entirely of AI slop. The two Hollywood companies filed a lawsuit against the self-funded startup in Federal Court on Tuesday...
Loot Shooter Copycat The First Descendant Accused Of Ripping Off Destiny 2 Art
8.7.2024
I’ve had some fun with The First Descendant but I wouldn’t say a strong, distinctive art style is one of its core virtues. It’s a pretty derivative game from head-to-toe. Now it turns out that some of the free-to-play loot shooter’s in-game icons appear to be ripped almost wholesale from Destiny...
Spider-Verse Producer Calls Generative AI Plagiarism, Promises None Of It In Third Movie
3.6.2024
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is probably one of the most-anticipated movies in superhero films right now. After the incredible Into the Spider-Verse and its equally great sequel Across the Spider-Verse were praised for their stunning, eclectic animation, fans are looking forward to the third...
Modeler Who Compared Palworld And Pokémon Critters Denies Fabrication Accusations
24.1.2024
The Palworld and Pokémon drama continues. After Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game was accused of ripping models from Game Freak’s RPGs, an X (formerly Twitter) user has gone viral for comparing monsters between the two games. The comparisons were similar enough to convince fans that...
He Exposed Harvard President's Plagiarism, Then Lost Money Betting on the Story
20.1.2024
Are prediction markets the future of investigative journalism? Maybe, says Chris Brunet, whose reporting led to Claudine Gay's resignation – though he's yet to profit from his scoops
Polygon Zero accuses Matter Labs’ developers of plagiarism
3.8.2023
Polygon Zero has accused Matter Labs of copying significant code from its Plonky2 library to zkSync, a rival Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution
Influencer Formerly Associated with Azuki Postpones NFT Drop After Plagiarism Accusations
24.6.2023
Pseudonymous NFT researcher and artist Elena admitted to tracing other pixel art to pad out her upcoming collection Atomic Ordinals
Shiba Inu community divided over allegations of code, chain ID plagiarism
16.3.2023
"I just want to know why, we, a billion dollar project that paid $10m dollars to develop our layer 2, have another projects Chain ID," wrote one user
Plagiarism, Fork, or Simple Mistake? Shiba Inu Community Debates the Origin Story of Shibarium
16.3.2023
SHIB is down 8% and millions have been unstaked over allegations that the Shibarium code was stolen
Cent NFT Marketplace Suspends Activity Due to Plagiarism Issues
14.2.2022
Cent, one of the first marketplaces to allow people to sell tweets as NFTs, has suspended almost all of its activity due to plagiarism-related problems. According to its CEO and co-founder Cameron Hejazi, people keep selling NFTs of other NFTs or using content that is not owned by them originally...