I kind of think the internet went crazy in lots of ways. People were angry at how something so simple and unoriginal could do so well and make so much money. Others were angry by being addicted to a game with overall frustrating gameplay. But in his tweets before he took it down he made no mentioned of being troubled by…
It's a disaster, the guy made a little game and then a few unscrupulous "game journalist" reported that it used ripped assets when it didn't. It just turned out the reporter didn't actually know the meaning of ripped assets, he thought ripped=looks similar. My summation: If you try to trademark Candy, the community rips…