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05/06/09
Yes your likeness is used even if it isn't your name. Yes you aren't paid for it. That's the bottom line.
While there has been some talk to allow the ncaa to sell player's likeness' away, it would be hard to imagine a game that doesn't have atleast a moderate likeness to it. Do you just exclude team's specialties because of this? No Florida speedy Wide receivers? No Penn State dominating Linebackers. No Temple players sucking it up? Are stats effectively wiped to a neutral stat level for all players?
I can understand this suit, but as a gamer, I'm near to tears of what the impact would be.
04/30/09
04/30/09
Seems to me that Activision is trying to squirm their way out of paying the amount the court previously determined they owe to Valve. I bet they're going to try to say that the criteria that went into how much they owe Valve was somehow wrong, and so they don't need to pay that much. If so, they're going to lose the lawsuit.
Based on what little has been put out so far, I'd say Valve has got this in the bag. Activision is just wasting more money by bringing in the lawyers again.
04/30/09
04/30/09
1) That's a very specific amount of money, and I highly doubt they're stupid enough to just pull that number out of the air.
Addendum: I don't care to hear how you (Activision hater) think they are stupid enough to do such a thing because you don't like them. They're a fucking company not a cartoon villain.
2) Let's be honest here, that much money is pittance to Activision and not enough to really warrant them the bad PR, and the legal headache, to try and "wiggle out of".
Listen, I know you guys really, really hate Activision, and would blow Gage Newell if you could, but please try and be logical about this. Because in the end, all of this is speculation, but you have to use logic and the information given to us rather than make up whatever evil conspiracy fits your wet dreams.
04/30/09
04/30/09
no fat jokes please. He is a god.
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no
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04/30/09
If Activision truly paid Valve too much in the past then they need to get the lawyers together and settle it or go to court.
I do find it a little suspicious that Activision decided to bring up the money now. These contracts are old and have been terminated, but now the overpaid money is important.
04/30/09
Why are they claiming they overpaid them? The court ORDERED THEM to pay 2.3 mil. They have no excuse, they should've coughed up the full amount instead of claiming that bullshit.
04/30/09
04/30/09
Do you expect to be privy to all inter-company dealings? If you do I find that shocking.
Also, you seem to be a little confused because Activision is saying that they already paid x amount of dollars, just not in the way that Valve wants it. If Activision is to be believed than they are in the right.
04/30/09
Of course, Activision could be feeding us and Valve a load of shit, but that's not the point.
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04/30/09
@Grinning Colossus: Valve could sue me and I'd still love them!....ok well maybe not....naw I'd still love them!
@DaFox: CAN I GET AN ALLELUIA!!
04/30/09
MOVIN ON UP
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04/30/09
Oh, and why is it that there is always some one who must have their opinion known. No one asked for it.
04/30/09
04/30/09
But how does Valve fighting Activision help my wallet?
But i guess anybody willing to take money away for bobby k is doing mankind a service.
04/30/09
04/30/09
I'm not surprised to see all the Valve cheerleading in this topic. I am surprised how easily people ignore what's going on, and just root for whoever they like best. This is almost the exact OPPOSITE response to that Bethesda VS Interplay topic a couple weeks back. Even though both Valve and Bethesda had just as much right to sue as one another, Bethesda caught nothing but flak for their actions. Now Valve is being applauded? When Bethesda was Suing Interplay, people were calling it "frivolous" ... But people are practically screaming for more lawsuits against Activision?
I just don't understand people sometimes... I guess it's just THAT cool to root for the underdog...
05/01/09
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01/13/09
We can NEVER depict a black man who just happens to be eating KFC?
We can NEVER show a French woman with hairy pits, or a Russian girl with a nice ass?
01/13/09
01/13/09
A) Something our brain seems to do out of necessity
and
B) Always contain at least a small kernel of truth.
Unfortunately, that means you aren't wiping them out.
01/13/09
So... Instead, I'll say it this way:
It won't pass because it is VAGUE AND UNSPECIFIC, as well as ARBITRARY ABD CAPRICIOUS in mature, on top of REDUNDANT, and A WASTE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES, when we ALREADY HAVE AN ESRB THAT IS ADHERED TO
If I saw this joker, I'd probably be telling holding flashcards with those bold words in front of him and Joe Baca in a Kindergarten room. It is incresingly apparent that an education is not necessarily needed to run for office anymore.
So goes the nation...
01/13/09
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01/13/09
Stop wasting time, Government officials, find a way to properly enforce age restrictions on games.
Hell, make it a criminal offence to supply games to people under the age rating on the box. Treat it like the alcohol industry in the UK.
01/13/09
why are games the constant whipping child for all these petty laws?