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Cryptic's Retort to Marvel

Posted by Zonk on from the tttttthhhhhhhpppppppp! dept.

Voodoo Extreme has a short blurb with links to the players in the Marvel vs. Cryptic legal battle. The short response from Cryptic says it all: "As reported by The Associated Press, Marvel Enterprises Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc. have sued NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios. The complaint is meritless. Cryptic Studios is confident that the District Court will reject all of Marvel's claims and fully vindicate Cryptic Studios in all respects."

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  1. Maybe cryptic, but... by Jaeph · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...in my time playing the game I've seen countless blatant hulk, wolverine, and superman rippoffs, both in name and look. There's your Kal-els in blue & red, your bearded Logans, and your big, green, angry looking Bulks.

    I don't like what marvel's doing, but if I can spot these things without trying, isn't there an argument that Cryptic isn't trying hard enough to prevent these?

    -Jeff

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    1. Re:Maybe cryptic, but... by over_exposed · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Why should they?!? Example (borrowed from someone else in the first story about this): You buy a crayon set (a nice one w/ the sharpener and averything) and some paper from me. I say, "Try drawing your favorite cartoon characters." You, in turn, use your amazing "skills of an artist" (thanks strongbad) to draw several fantastic recreations of Micky Mouse, Pluto, and Donald Duck. Does Disney then have the right to sue me for copyright infringement?

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  2. That's actually a bad thing. by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If Marvel can show that Cryptic has been policing its game with regards to character names, they can claim Cryptic felt a responsibility there, which should logically extend to the character configurations as well. Never mind that it's a lot more difficult to determine whether a particular body style/suit color combination gets too close than to match text strings. The law is kinda funny that way.

  3. Re:they can't help it by G-funk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well since they were pretty much all ripped off The Phantom, I think they should all have a coke and a smile, and shut the fuck up.

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