"There is no ill will" publisher's comments about Schedule 1 Copyright Investigation

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Drug Dealer Simulator Publisher Movie Games insists that it has “no malice” against Schedule 1 developer TVgs, despite examining his game for potential entry into copyright.
Not examining Schedule 1 would have been negligent, says movie game.
The still ongoing survey was considered necessary because of a preliminary analysis suggesting that the two games are “very similar.”

Drug simulator The publisher's movie game has “no malice” toward Schedule 1 Developer TVgs, a company representative told Game Rant. It is even though the Polish publisher is currently investigating Schedule 1 For potential IP infringement – an act that movie games have now tried to clarify.

Between 2020 and 2024, film games published two Drug simulator Games, both developed by Swap Tunners. An independent game about the drug trade called Schedule 1 Launched on Steam at the end of March 2025. Shortly thereafter, movie games announced that it was investigating it Schedule 1 Developer-A Man Australian Studio TVgs- For potential intrusion into copyright. The move triggered a widespread fans' backlash.

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Film games have now tried to clarify the situation, which it considers has been somewhat wrongly reported in the media. “There is no malice for TVGs,” told a business representative for Game Rant and added that its Schedule 1 The survey only tries to determine the nature of the similarities between Drug simulator and TVGS title. The probe himself began because of a preliminary legal analysis, which suggested that “the games are very similar” so that “it may have been a violation,” spokesman said.

The DDS Publisher says it would have been negligent not to examine the schedule 1

Film games point to its status as a listed company as the main reason for the ongoing investigation. By not examining a potential violation, regardless of how small, the publisher would potentially have “serious consequences for negligence,” said the company's representative. The news of the investigation was originally forwarded through the ESPI stock market communication system, where film games are obliged to share such information. The story was then picked up by the media and – in some cases – decreased as a mood.

DDS developers have nothing to do with the investigation of copyright infringement

Movie games also reflected the latest cases of its Drug simulator games that are reviewed in response to Schedule 1 Examination, with the developer, replacements also for a certain fan criticism on social media. The publisher noted that the Townunners have nothing to do with the investigation of copyright infringement.

Movie Games did not clarify how much longer it is ongoing Schedule 1 probe is scheduled to run. Whenever it ends, its results will be revealed to investors through ESPI, just as the news of the investigation itself was. Meanwhile, movie games insist that it does not want to prevent TVgs from developing or selling Schedule 1Voted that it has even congratulated the Australian studio for the successful launch before it considered it necessary to investigate it for potential IP intake.