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The Company That Paid $300K To Not Make Millions on Guitar Hero

• johnl 17y ago
  Goes to show... you never really know. The decision taken out of the context of the lawsuit looks poor but maybe weighed by the lawsuit (could it have taken down the company?) may not look so poor.
  • sachinag 17y ago
    There were a number of people at the time who thought Red Octane were out of their fucking minds because of Konami's patents. What's worse than having to pay damages after the fact is the risk of an injunction at the moment after you've gone to manufacturing but before you can sell-through at retail.
    • marcus 17y ago
      Injunctions take time or to put it in a more Pythonic version: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission"
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• mschy 17y ago
  "Everyone else made hundreds of millions and we paid money to not be a part of it," Richardson said. "It was brilliant. I come up with these strokes of genius from time to time. That was my best." I love that quote. It makes me think I'd get along really well with him.