We're Being Sued By An Architect For Building The Earth in Minecraft

funny that the "architect" reached out trough discord of all things instead of a cease and desist trough post or email, modern architects really are gaming hard these days

This cease & desist would also have to imply that it's illegal to take a picture of any building made after 1990

If I was an architect and some people built a "replica" of a building I designed in Minecraft, I'd be honored to tears. This architect guy has either an iron block for a heart or the intelligence of a stepped upon peanut.

two words: [Fair Use] Anyone who sues someone over an artistic representation needs their heads examined

Imagine having nothing better to do as an architect than suing some juicy Minecraft boys having a blast.

Imagine being an architect, and genuinely believing your building design can be perfectly recreated with a pile of one meter cubes.

The guy suing is the physical embodiment of a Redditor

I would love to see actual architectural plans derived from the minecraft buildings. Like, the walls are composed of segments of meter thick walls, no diagonals, strange materials like a meter cube of pink wool, etc.

We must now visit every building this architect designed, create a 3D model of their internals and externals and then put them for free to download on the internet

That dude is just what happens when a smartish person is also a troll. I went to school for legal studies and have worked with lawyers for years, his weird little case wouldn’t be picked up by any lawyer and if it did, it would be thrown out right away

Let's not forget that the PDF he sent also says that it only applies to TANGIBLE things. Since nobody can physically touch the buildings in Minecraft (only a digital character controlled by the player can) architectural copyright laws cannot even apply to digital media such as video games.

It's refreshing to see how you methodically handled the troll with evidence, maturity and factual justification, all while keeping it entertaining to watch. Great video!

imagine little timmy building a house in minecraft and getting swat raided because of architects.

Did they sue every photographer that has ever taken a photograph of those buildings. If not, then fair use in art means that they don't have a legal leg to stand on in court.

Don't try to sue a gamer. They are some of the most spiteful creatures on the planet and have far to much free time on their hands.

This reminds me of when Activision was under threat of lawsuit by Fomula One for depicting a recreation of one of their stadiums in MW2022, so they were forced to remove that map from the game. However that building was in Singapore so I wonder how the copyright law works there.

One of the issues of living in a litigious society. Everyone wants easy money and will attack anyone legally for any reason. A good chunk of lawsuits are always frivolous and pointless.

If I was rich enough, I would buy every building that did this to you and give you permission to build it. Unfortunately, because of covid, my human trafficking business really fell off quick and I'm not as baller as first promised.

He’s going to be telling this story to his grandkids. “Did I ever tell you kids about how I was sued by actual architects over a block game?”

Me and my father work in AC industry, so we spend a lot of times inside other peoples homes or on construction sites, people are ususally very nice to us and we to them BUT there is one little exception, architects, they are one of the most narcissictic, arrogant people i've met in person (if they dont send a middle man like they usually do, because youre a construction worker, lowest of the low and they meeting with you is a stain on their pride). I first didnt belive my father when he told me architects can be a real bitch, next thing i know we made holes and holdings for copper pipes preapering to set them in when middle man comest saying "Sir architect (no shit called him that), didnt like the design and the location of the outdoor AC units so he asks them to be moved, he will send you a new draft soon." to which im suprised because the pipes COULDNT GO anywhere else other where we prepared to put them aalong with the AC units. Long story short he was a bitch that never left his home, didnt talk to anybody besides the middle man, and because of his education though he ate the world.