Hi Dark, I honestly don't think much is going to come of this for the same reasons you mentioned below. The game they have is no longer on sale, the company is bust, and game companies have used similar themes and characters all the time. In this case my game is quite a bit different than there games so they have no real case. Besides at this point I think right now I am just being questioned. They want to know what I am doing with the title, find out how similar my game is, and they have not threatened me at all.
Dark wrote: > Hello tom. > > It actually makes me rather angry how petty people can be over copyrights. > copyright laws were afterall created to protect good ideas and concepts, not > to nit pick. > > this game is plainly not on sale anymore (a quick google for Montizuma's > return brought up nothing), so this fool is just making trouble for the sake > of making trouble. > > While he might have a case over the name montizuma's return, the actual game > content I should think would be none of his business. > > even in the mainstream, there have been cases of games which have been so > similar in theme as to be incredibly suspect, ---- the original streets of > rage and final fight for example, which had incredibly similar gameplay, > virtually the same setting with similar levels, ----- streets, park, bar, > finishing in a pent house, ----- Axle and Cody even dressed in the same > geens and T shirt, both had blond hair and wrist bands, ---- and even had > the same punch combo. > > therefore if absolutely necessary make a name change, but I don't see why > you would have to alter any game content just to panda to this petty minded > individual. rolling skulls, snakes, spiders and all the other monti elements > have afterall appeared in many other games, ---- Ghosts and goblins had > rolling skulls for example, pitfall had snakes pits and ropes etc. > > there are even cases of small companies producing commercial retro themed > games with almost identical gameplay and game elements (even down to same > main character and names), as original games, ----- I've come across several > examples of boulderdash and loadrunner in this line, myself. > > I hope this isn't going to have to cause you a lot of trouble, sinse > obviously you have much better and worth while things to do. > > Beware the Sue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
