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Mythic Sues Microsoft Over Mythica MMORPG

Posted by simoniker on Monday December 22, 2003 @10:42AM from the absolutely-lindowsiculous dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mythic Entertainment, developers of PC MMO videogame Dark Age of Camelot, has filed suit against Microsoft, arguing that Microsoft's upcoming MMORPG Mythica is too similar in name and content (it 'also employs Norse images and mythology') to its own name and flagship title. Maybe if game developers could dream up a genre other than fantasy, problems like this would be averted..."

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Re:Damn Mythic by The+Bungi · 2003-12-22 11:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

but they should be hit with rotten eggs for taking a shot at the Lindows name
Why? They feel that it's basically the same thing. This crowd doesn't like to think it is, but it probably is. If this works for Mythic then it pretty much validates Microsoft's claims over Lindows, assuming there wasn't enough precedent to begin with.
It always works both ways.