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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Atari vs Llamasoft |
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| Wed, 18 Mar 2015, 08:09 | |
Jayenkai
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Jeff Minter gets a C&D for cloning his own game. Linkage
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| Wed, 18 Mar 2015, 08:09 | |
steve_ancell
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I know I'm gonna look stupid here but what's a C&D? 
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| Wed, 18 Mar 2015, 08:13 | |
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Jayenkai
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Cease and Desist.. As in Atari blocked his gamedev, because they believe they own the rights, even though it's his game.
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| Wed, 18 Mar 2015, 08:32 | |
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Hotshot |
Atari doesnt have right to Block HIS Game as he did all the coding and so his Game....not their! FFS! I was laughing when I read his twitter when he say I'd play this. 
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| Wed, 18 Mar 2015, 08:45 | |
spinal
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They paid him to make Tempest2000 didn't they? Anyway, they probably believe they own all rights to any remakes or clones, but from what I remember, you can't copyright a game concept or mechanic, so as long as he doesn't use any of the assets used for T2k or directly copy+pastes the source code, they they don't have a leg to stand on. They do however have enough money to counter any move he makes and bankrupt any self defence efforts.
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| Thu, 19 Mar 2015, 23:40 | |
9572AD
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I read some of the C&D, and there are *some* things they could make legitimate claim about, such as the yellow "claw" ship. But they also claim they own vector graphics and perspective drawing, so... -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
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