yep true ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement
>A mainstream dev isn't going to care about that. If they perceive something > as being a violation to their copyright and they're strict enough about it > they'll find a way to deal with it, usually one that means the rest of us > can't enjoy the game. Besides, now that Thmas has agreed to change the > name > of the game he can't very well back out on that. Besides, he seems like > too > much of an honorable person to do that. > Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement > > >> they can't sue you for what you don't have. if you have it they can sue >> you. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement >> >> >>> And possibly get sued for money he just doesn't have? >>> Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:18 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement >>> >>> >>>>I still say it's a bunch of krap that you have to change your game to >>>>make >>>> someone who hasn't clue about audio games happy. if it were me I would >>>> refuse. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:24 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Dark, >>>>> Actually, their Montezuma's Return game was a full fledged 3D FPS >>>>> shooter. The character was a guy, and the story was quite a lot >>>>> different. Never-the-less I agreed to remove the name from my game, >>>>> which they were cool with, and I am going to modify the levels some so >>>>> they aren't exactly clones of Montezuma's Revenge. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dark wrote: >>>>>> Hi tom. >>>>>> >>>>>> well, I hope they see reason, ---- especially if their game is >>>>>> significantly >>>>>> different. >>>>>> >>>>>> Even if it isn't though, unless they have a main character with the >>>>>> same >>>>>> name (highly unlikely), I don't think you should change anything more >>>>>> than >>>>>> the name if necessary for the reasons I mentioned. >>>>>> >>>>>> Besides, as far as I understand game copyrights, it's the source code >>>>>> and >>>>>> graphics that are copywrited along with the name, not the concept. >>>>>> >>>>>> I remember reading on one site that you could quite happily create a >>>>>> clone >>>>>> of a game with the same concept, game elements and even similar >>>>>> graphics >>>>>> and >>>>>> sound so long as you did it all from scratch not ripping things from >>>>>> the >>>>>> original. >>>>>> >>>>>> The fact that this other montizumas return was not an accessible game >>>>>> and >>>>>> thus vastly different in nature to begin with makes such arguements >>>>>> even >>>>>> more pointless. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hopefully though, this can be got around with as litle fuss as >>>>>> possible, ---- and at worst another name change. >>>>>> >>>>>> Beware the Grue! 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