Major MMO Publishers Sued For Patent Infringement

GameboyRMH writes "The Boston Globe reports that major MMO publishers (Blizzard, Turbine, SOE, NCSoft, and Jagex) are being sued by Paltalk, which holds a patent on 'sharing data among many connected computers so that all users see the same digital environment' — a patent that would seem to apply to any multiplayer game played between multiple systems, at the very least. Paltalk has already received an out-of-court settlement from Microsoft earlier this year in relation to a lawsuit over the Halo games. If Microsoft can't fend off Paltalk's legal attacks, the odds don't look good for their latest group of targets."

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i know a lot of you oldtimers who are still filled with last decade's propaganda and brainwashing will get angry with me and this will get downmodded, but, take the time to have a look at your country. everyone is trying any kind of means to extort money from anyone. patent trolls, strangling companies deceiving and milking users, filthy relations in between representatives and industry interests, corruption of justice .. anything goes.

im sure there is a goodly number of you who will be further infuriated because youre thinking america is the best place to live on earth still, 'far out'. i hate to break it to you that thats just another propaganda. there are a number of countries which surpassed america in their promise of freedom and wealth. i dont even need to mention which are these. and probably those of you who still think 'the american dream works' probably wouldnt have bothered to look further than your borders either. so ill save the effort.

but still take the time to reflect and realize that things are going bad in your country, and act up.