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Microsoft In Legal Battle Over Halo 2 Packaging

Posted by Zonk on from the stealing-is-wrong dept.

Gamespot is running an article about a legal battle regarding Halo 2's metal case. From the article: "The suit reportedly claims that G&M was contacted by Microsoft in 2003 and was looking for a company to produce metal packaging for the release of Halo 2. G&M claims that Microsoft sent its case proposals to Viva, a potential rival for the contract and not part of the NDA. According to reports, the Danish design firm alleges that its proprietary technology was used in a Viva case made for Halo 2 and that Microsoft and Viva are in cahoots. G&M is suing for damages and requesting an injunction against both Microsoft and Viva."

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  1. Re:Crazy no by technoextreme · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Welcome to a world where literally everything is copyrighted... Fun fact: did you know that buildings are copyrighted to the architects that designed them? There's actually a special exemption that allows you to publish pictures taken of buildings from public ground without contacting the architect first and getting permission. If this didn't exist, any picture taken where a building is visible in the background would be a copyright violation. It's a crazy world
    Of course. It really isn't crazy when you can think of architects as artists. There is absolutely nothing they do but make a building look pretty.
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    Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
  2. Oh that's MS allright by Chooche · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I work in a small 3rd party game development haus. Right now most of the revenue came in from outsource work from bigger studios.

    The consensus here is that most big money game publishers will rip us off but they will let us know ahead before anything is signed.

    Microsoft will sign all kinds of papers and make promises, and then screw us anyway.

    So we stay away from MS.