Well unfortunately, Tecmo didn't even give me the courtesy of a "cease and desist"... They completely blindsided me with a court summons.
I suppose i should have done more homework prior, but who'd have thought they'd go after us so vigilantly when other "unofficial" modding communitys have existed for so long with various other games.
As someone who has personally been sued by a gaming company over intelectual property, i would say that gameing companies tend to be WAY overprotective of their intelectual property...
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/ 0347222&tid=211&tid=123
I owned and operated a website devoted to hacking and modding console games such as Soul Calibur 2 and Dead or Alive. These mods did nothing but add to the longevity of their games.
It doesn't take much to muscle someone around with our court system and ridiculous digital copyright laws... Chances are if you don't have enough money to fight back (like myself, being a college student) they will get their way regardless of weather or not they have a legitimate case against you.
-cypher35 [ninjazombie.net]
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Well unfortunately, Tecmo didn't even give me the courtesy of a "cease and desist"... They completely blindsided me with a court summons.
I suppose i should have done more homework prior, but who'd have thought they'd go after us so vigilantly when other "unofficial" modding communitys have existed for so long with various other games.
good point
As someone who has personally been sued by a gaming company over intelectual property, i would say that gameing companies tend to be WAY overprotective of their intelectual property... http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/ 0347222&tid=211&tid=123
I owned and operated a website devoted to hacking and modding console games such as Soul Calibur 2 and Dead or Alive. These mods did nothing but add to the longevity of their games.
It doesn't take much to muscle someone around with our court system and ridiculous digital copyright laws... Chances are if you don't have enough money to fight back (like myself, being a college student) they will get their way regardless of weather or not they have a legitimate case against you.
-cypher35 [ninjazombie.net]