Some ideas are insufficiently unique as to occur to more than one person. Each time I write up what I consider to be a new feat, game mechanic, or even story idea, I wonder how many other people have also thought of it, and how many have already published it, and I have never, and will probalby never, know. It would be easy to accidently violate their protected IP rights and not even know it until I got nailed by a lawsuit.Or the message could be: Don't make enemies, don't make mistakes, don't steal other people's stuff, and you won't get in trouble.
As a perfect example, I wrote up a robot idea on my website and gave it a name. I learned that a *word* used in the name was not unique only when a white supremicist group sent me a cease and desist letter for using their trademarked term. Ugly way to learn I had somehow, independently, without any prior exposure, violated someone's IP. Then, the dirtbags had the audacity to claim on their website successful defense against an infringement on their rights. *pfft* (Groups like that trademark terms in order to suppress critics.)
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