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Development on hardcore fantasy PvPvE dungeon-crawler Dark and Darker is free to continue without fear of being shut down, following a Supreme Court ruling rejecting allegations of copyright infringement from Nexon.

In a bombshell conclusion to the Supreme Court clash between Dark and Darker developer Ironmace and South Korean games industry giant Nexon, copyright infringement allegations were dismissed by presiding justice Park Young-jae, and Nexon's request to take Dark and Darker offline have been rejected outright. All appeals from both parties have been rejected, putting the issue to bed.

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The crux of this case, in layman's terms, revolved around whether or not Dark and Darker infringed the copyright of a Nexon project called "P3".…