New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones

The New York Times has issued a takedown notice to Reactle, a Wordle clone, which has meant around 1900 other versions …

The New York Times has used a DMCA take down notice to remove an open source Wordle clone called Reactle

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I cloned the original website (it’s just a bunch of JavaScript) once the NYT deal went through and still self-host it. I changed a bunch of the UI text, specifically removing all the references to “Wordle,” and I think it’s just me and my friends that use it. Still works!
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  Oh, right – I definitely scrubbed the tracking stuff too. I wonder if that’s how all the clones were being found?

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