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EA Sued Over Madden 06 Feature

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

von_blapp writes "EA is being sued over the Super Star feature that is included in Madden '06. Pernell Harris, owner of Virtual Jam is suing EA over a confidentiality violation. Harris claims when he met with EA in '03 he discussed a game called Heart Of A Champion, in this game players take high school athletes from the schools to the pros insuring their grades are kept up and even picking their parents for the optimum gene pool. This is the same feature as in the current game released by EA."

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  1. pretty weak stance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This isn't the same as somebody sueing because they had an idea. This guy was actually discussing with EA this game and feature that he was at the time trying to develop and get backing for, EA turned it down but (supposeably) stole the idea. This is akin to stuff Microsoft pulls where they find out all the in depth stuff from some small company and they go do it themselves instead of paying them (AKA Windows).

    Now, the big thing this suit will rest on is how much information did he give them and did that influence this feature. I really can't see it going anywhere because he would have to prove that it was his idea that they used. This sorta idea has been bounced around in other places and I think there is another game that already implements it.

    Of course this could also be a publicity stunt, never even heard of this guy before this so some publicity where hes the underdog taking on the big corp might help his business.