Valve wins copyright infringement case against Vivendi
by dsfsd · in General Discussion · 11/30/2004 (8:22 am) · 2 replies
[quote]Half-Life 2 creator Valve Games has announced that a legal complaint filed against publisher Vivendi Universal Games in August 2002 has been upheld by a US court, but several other cases remain outstanding.
The complaint in question alleged that VU Games - or Sierra On-Line, as then was - had breached its contract with Valve by placing copies of the company's games in cyber cafes around the world.
The US Federal District Court in Seattle has now upheld that complaint, confirming that Vivendi's actions fell outside the terms of its license for Valve's products and that as such, the publisher was breaching copyright by distributing the games to cyber cafes.
"We're happy the court has affirmed the meaning of our publishing contract," Valve boss Gabe Newell said in an official statement today. "This is good news for Valve and its cyber caf
The complaint in question alleged that VU Games - or Sierra On-Line, as then was - had breached its contract with Valve by placing copies of the company's games in cyber cafes around the world.
The US Federal District Court in Seattle has now upheld that complaint, confirming that Vivendi's actions fell outside the terms of its license for Valve's products and that as such, the publisher was breaching copyright by distributing the games to cyber cafes.
"We're happy the court has affirmed the meaning of our publishing contract," Valve boss Gabe Newell said in an official statement today. "This is good news for Valve and its cyber caf
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Other than my extreme jealousy I really admire these guys :)
11/30/2004 (3:06 pm)
... and the Half-Life 2 Surprise = DeathmatchOther than my extreme jealousy I really admire these guys :)
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