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Is &quot;Ghettopoly&quot; legal?
<p>I wouldn't say illegal as in criminal. However, I've heard someone sue &quot;Ghettopoly&quot; and win.</p>
<p>I check <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/57946/is-it-legal-to-publish-a-game-that-already-exists-but-it-was-100-developed-by-m">Is it legal to publish a game that already exists but it was 100% developed by me</a></p>
<p>It says rules of the games cannot be copyrighted. What about likeness, etc.?</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly</a></p>
<p>Says he has to pay damage. Why? It's obvious that ghettopoly is not the same with monopoly. Also I've heard parody is protected.</p>

<p>According to the Wikipedia article, the ruling against &quot;Ghettopoly&quot; was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_judgment" rel="noreferrer">default judgment</a>: the defendant failed to produce documents that the court had ordered him to.  Since a default judgment is based around procedural issues, it establishes no precedents for the issue the case is based on: you can't say if &quot;Ghettopoly&quot; violates Hasbro's trademarks on Monopoly or not.</p>
