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Old 04-03-2011, 12:22 AM   #17
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Maybe he was such a nerd that he totally forgot about Madden til last week. Not hatin, just saying.
I hear you, but I wouldn't forget royalty checks that keep coming in and then all of a sudden stop.
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Old 04-03-2011, 12:39 AM   #18
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Property is still property. If he is the owner/founder of the technology and he didn't sign over the rights to it, the tech still belongs to him. The man needs to get paid.
Intellectual property is a very recent phenomena. It may seem obvious that it is property now, but not in 1985.
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Old 04-03-2011, 06:17 AM   #19
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I think were all missing the point of this. Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!! If that is true it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
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Old 04-03-2011, 07:11 AM   #20
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I think were all missing the point of this. Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!! If that is true it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
code that has transcended 4 platforms???
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Old 04-03-2011, 07:40 AM   #21
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Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!!
No he isn't. He claims that the current software is "derived" from the work he did in '88. Since something like this would be awfully hard to prove if it was just a year and one cycle removed from the original, much less over 20 years, cycles and at least 4 platforms, this lawsuit really has no merit and EA won't pay him one dollar.
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Old 04-03-2011, 08:42 AM   #22
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No he isn't. He claims that the current software is "derived" from the work he did in '88. Since something like this would be awfully hard to prove if it was just a year and one cycle removed from the original, much less over 20 years, cycles and at least 4 platforms, this lawsuit really has no merit and EA won't pay him one dollar.
Thank you, you said it much better than I did.
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Old 04-03-2011, 08:42 AM   #23
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well what do you expect them to say, "yeah, he's right. who's got the checkbook?"
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Old 04-03-2011, 11:28 AM   #24
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well what do you expect them to say, "yeah, he's right. who's got the checkbook?"
What a turn of events that would be. Yeah in all honesty I think this case is going to fall flat very soon.
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