{"id":1123714,"date":"2026-02-01T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/RN9AQLbqHmWdLgGRJs5kcb"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:30:40","slug":"dark-and-darker-developer-did-not-commit-copyright-infringement-court-rules-but-has-to-pay-nexon-nearly-6-million-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-and-darker-developer-did-not-commit-copyright-infringement-court-rules-but-has-to-pay-nexon-nearly-6-million-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A South Korean court has ruled that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker\/\">Dark and Darker<\/a> developer Ironmace did not commit copyright infringement against Nexon, according to a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/www\/tech\/2025\/02\/133_392175.html\" target=\"_blank\">Korea Times<\/a> report. But Ironmace is going to have to fork over some bucks anyway, because the court also ruled that it did infringe on Nexon&#8217;s trade secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Dark and Darker, a fantasy PvPvE extraction game, made a big splash when it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-a-next-fest-demo\/\">first appeared<\/a> in early 2023, even though it was in a pretty rough alpha state at the time. Before long, though, Nexon started making noise about it, accusing Ironmace of using &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker-studio-raided-by-police-following-stolen-code-allegations\/\">stolen<\/a>&#8221; code and assets to build the game. Nexon was reportedly working on a similar project, codenamed P3, but pulled the plug on it in 2021; Ironmace was founded shortly thereafter by former Nexon employees.<\/p>\n<p>Long story short, Nexon filed a complaint, Ironmace issued denials, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker-studio-raided-by-police-following-stolen-code-allegations\/\">investigations<\/a> were conducted, and in March 2023 Dark and Darker was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker-delisted-on-steam-following-legal-action-from-nexon\/\">removed from Steam<\/a>. The studio managed to turn the delisting into a bit of a PR coup by continuing to distribute its game through BitTorrent\u2014&#8221;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker-is-still-kicked-off-steam-so-ironmace-is-going-old-school-with-bittorrent-for-the-latest-playtest-and-fans-are-loving-it\/\">going old school<\/a>,&#8221; as the studio put it\u2014which an awful lot of players loved. Still, it&#8217;s better to be on Steam than not, and after a court <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dark-and-darker-dev-claims-nexons-preliminary-injunction-has-been-dismissed-court-rules-that-the-game-cannot-be-considered-an-infringement-of-nexons-copyright-or-trade-secret\/\">dismissed Nexon&#8217;s preliminary injunction<\/a> against Dark and Darker in January 2024, it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/dark-and-darker-steam-return\/\">returned to the storefront<\/a> in June of that year.<\/p>\n<p>Legal wrangling continued, however, and now the courts have come down with something of a split decision: Ironmace did not commit copyright infringement but did infringe on Nexon&#8217;s trade secrets. What&#8217;s the difference, you wonder? The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/copyrightalliance.org\/faqs\/difference-copyright-patent-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copyright Alliance<\/a> says copyrights are specific, individual rights applied to &#8220;an original work that is fixed in a tangible medium like a photograph, a book, or an mp3 file.&#8221; Trade secrets, on the other hand, are less specific: &#8220;Information that has an economic benefit due to its secret nature, has value to others who cannot legitimately obtain it, and is subject to reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, I guess, because Nexon&#8217;s P3 was never actually a <em>thing<\/em>, copyright infringement is out, but because Ironmace seemingly built Dark and Darker on a foundation originally laid by Nexon\u2014which had more or less kept a lid on the whole thing\u2014trade secret infringement is in. And that&#8217;s going to cost Ironmace 8.5 billion won (roughly $5.9 million) in damages.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for Ironmace is that Dark and Darker continues: The early access version on Steam holds a &#8220;mostly positive&#8221; user rating and continues to put up decent player numbers\u2014currently there are nearly 14,000 people playing on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2016590\/Dark_and_Darker\/\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that this may not be the end of the matter. Nexon said in a statement that the award is &#8220;meaningful, as it addresses illegal infringement actions that disrupt fair market competition.&#8221; But, it added, &#8220;After carefully reviewing the ruling, we plan to seek further legal judgment through a higher court.&#8221; I&#8217;ve reached out to Ironmace for comment and will update if I receive a reply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"876e6428-65f9-458f-b65b-408b788f788c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-dimension48=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:500px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pgMmHZ6TN9bMLmE3vPpRZi\" name=\"monhunt wilds square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dark-and-darker-developer-did-not-commit-copyright-infringement-court-rules-but-has-to-pay-nexon-nearly-6-million-anyway.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/monster-hunter-wilds-everything-we-know-about-the-open-world-wilds\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"876e6428-65f9-458f-b65b-408b788f788c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-dimension48=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Monster Hunter Wilds<\/strong><\/a>: All the details to know<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/monster-hunter-wilds-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Monster Hunter Wilds weapons<\/strong><\/a>: Open the arsenal<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/monster-hunter-wilds-every-monster-confirmed-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Monster Hunter Wilds monsters<\/strong><\/a>: Which beasties are back<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/monster-hunter-wilds-multiplayer-guide-cross-platform-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Monster Hunter Wilds multiplayer<\/strong><\/a>: How to co-op hunt<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/monster-hunter-wilds-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Monster Hunter Wilds tips<\/strong><\/a>: Hit the ground hunting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/dark-and-darker-developer-did-not-commit-copyright-infringement-court-rules-but-has-to-pay-nexon-nearly-usd6-million-anyway\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Korean court has ruled that Dark and Darker developer Ironmace did not commit copyright infringement against Nexon, according to a Korea Times report. But Ironmace is going to have to fork over some bucks anyway, because the court also ruled that it did infringe on Nexon&#8217;s trade secrets. Dark and Darker, a fantasy PvPvE extraction game, made a big splash when it first appeared in early 2023, even though it was in a pretty rough alpha state at the time. Before long, though, Nexon started making noise about it, accusing Ironmace of using &#8220;stolen&#8221; code and assets to build the game. 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