Sony Fends Off Copyright Lawsuit Against God Of War
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Meh, God of War 3 has 9- hours of gameplay, which makes me wonder why everyone loves it so much when it's so short lived, despite it having some nice gore scene and some perty enviorments, in which case you're paying 60 bucks for eye candy.
On topic: So they used a few parts of it, who cares? Sony just had the mind to make a shit load of money with it, and if it's that bad, give them a .05% royalty or something.
On topic: So they used a few parts of it, who cares? Sony just had the mind to make a shit load of money with it, and if it's that bad, give them a .05% royalty or something.
W00t! Go just and working legal system! Maybe the rest of the court cases out there can get it together like this one!
And feature dead families in the background. But, yeah, as court cases go, this one is actually pretty hilarious. The Judge is just about holding herself back from saying "what the fuck is wrong with you people?" in her ruling.PedroSteckecilo said:
It's pretty apparent that they didn't use any parts of it. This would be like saying that the Wichowski Brothers owe royalties to the Tolkien estate because the Matrix films come in three parts.Koganesaga said:
Seriously, man, I encourage you to read the actual ruling, because 1) on it's face it's pretty hillarious. And 2) their story was about a man wandering through Greece, taking pains not to kill people so that he could found the Olympic Games and establish Democracy (I'm abreviating a little). Oh, yeah, and his parrents were killed by bandits when he was 8. If that sounds anything like God of War to you, I invite you to reexamine that franchise.
There are some similarities, but the plaintiffs really aren't thinking clearly, and it shows. In particular, their own expert testimony distorts the content of the game pretty seriously: "Plaintiff?s expert Bulloch?s exegesis of the stories contains several errors casting into doubt the thoroughness with which he was able to examine God of War."
God dammit! I hate people trying to get rich quick like this. So your story is shit, but wait, I know, lets just sue something similar to get our paycheck, because there is no way this shit will sell. Get some talent or go work in a gas station for the rest of your life!
Here I thought porn companies would have had a better case against GOW....
One thing for sure, this case is going to make it more difficult for wags to try to sue money from game developers because it was like their story concept. Thank goodness.
One thing for sure, this case is going to make it more difficult for wags to try to sue money from game developers because it was like their story concept. Thank goodness.
Another fine example of someone trying to exploit the legal system so they can get rich off of someone else's success. Happens all the time.
I don't think the plaintiff thought this lawsuit through other than " We sue for massive money! They'll settle out of court for massive but smaller amount of money rather than fighting it. It's win-win!"
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"The mood of plaintiffs? works is generally light-hearted, with elements of romance and
comedy. While plaintiffs accurately point to some dark scenes, plaintiffs? characterization of both works as ?extremely dark, violent, gloomy and filled with dread? is hyperbolic at best. See Pl.?s Opp. at 21. Plaintiffs describe some ?lighter, even comic? scenes as being ?sprinkled? throughout their works, but such terms more accurately describe the works as a whole with some darker scenes sprinkled in for contrast."
Their lawyers was apparently trying to make the case that their movie was a really just as dark and horrible as God of War's plot. ( horrible=evil in this case ). this judge really ripped into these two screenwriters.
I also found the end notes to be quite funny. For those of you that is unable to read large amounts of text in one sitting, then the end notes are your cup of tea.
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"The mood of plaintiffs? works is generally light-hearted, with elements of romance and
comedy. While plaintiffs accurately point to some dark scenes, plaintiffs? characterization of both works as ?extremely dark, violent, gloomy and filled with dread? is hyperbolic at best. See Pl.?s Opp. at 21. Plaintiffs describe some ?lighter, even comic? scenes as being ?sprinkled? throughout their works, but such terms more accurately describe the works as a whole with some darker scenes sprinkled in for contrast."
Their lawyers was apparently trying to make the case that their movie was a really just as dark and horrible as God of War's plot. ( horrible=evil in this case ). this judge really ripped into these two screenwriters.
I also found the end notes to be quite funny. For those of you that is unable to read large amounts of text in one sitting, then the end notes are your cup of tea.
Sounds like the judge had funneled extra souls in her "Reasonable Verdict" skill, instead of her "butcher enemies" skills. Wow. Now there's a judge I wouldn't mind hearing more about. Though, she did have a point--using Greek Mythology/History as a story basis has been happening for quite a long time. And a nice Kratos? Can you imagine? Then we wouldn't have our "Like God of War But..." stamps! Personally, no matter how humorous the legal transcript was, I do like the Sony/Santa Monica Version better.
Edit: Oh, does anyone else think that the judge has played it?
Edit: Oh, does anyone else think that the judge has played it?