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Same delightful company that baked gambling into games for young audiences, for which they may yet face criminal charges. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article

Same delightful company that baked gambling into games for young audiences, for which they may yet face criminal charges. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-gambling-commission-lays-out-recommendations-over-illegal-loot-boxes https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-ga... Hopefully the EFF and Al Lowe can get them for violating his copyright on some decades old code re-used in "their" games.

WalterGR 8y ago
Hopefully the EFF and Al Lowe can get them for violating his copyright on some decades old code re-used in "their" games. I haven’t heard about this. Source?
- benologist 8y ago
  I'm not saying it exists but their argument is Activision own other Sierra titles like King's Quest, and the LSL code includes decades-old code copied from those decades-old games. It would make sense that the opposite is true and when Sierra made their many sequels they copied from the LSL code as convenient too.
  - WalterGR 8y ago
    It would make sense that the opposite is true and when Sierra made their many sequels they copied from the LSL code as convenient too. How does that mean that Activism violated his copyright? Since Sierra sold Leisure Suite Larry, they acquired at least some rights to it. Without looking at the paperwork, a claim that Activism violated his copyright is pure, unadulterated FUD. So it seems like the following. Same delightful company that baked gambling into games for young audiences, for which they may yet face criminal charges. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-gambling-commission-lays-out-recommendations-over-illegal-loot-boxes https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-ga... Off-topic ad hominem. Hopefully the EFF and Al Lowe can get them for violating his copyright on some decades old code re-used in "their" games. FUD.
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- binarymax 8y ago
  The source is this article we're discussing, in which Activision claims that some LSL code is in other Sierra games like Kings Quest

WalterGR 8y ago

Hopefully the EFF and Al Lowe can get them for violating his copyright on some decades old code re-used in "their" games. I haven’t heard about this. Source?

benologist 8y ago
I'm not saying it exists but their argument is Activision own other Sierra titles like King's Quest, and the LSL code includes decades-old code copied from those decades-old games. It would make sense that the opposite is true and when Sierra made their many sequels they copied from the LSL code as convenient too.
- WalterGR 8y ago
  It would make sense that the opposite is true and when Sierra made their many sequels they copied from the LSL code as convenient too. How does that mean that Activism violated his copyright? Since Sierra sold Leisure Suite Larry, they acquired at least some rights to it. Without looking at the paperwork, a claim that Activism violated his copyright is pure, unadulterated FUD. So it seems like the following. Same delightful company that baked gambling into games for young audiences, for which they may yet face criminal charges. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-gambling-commission-lays-out-recommendations-over-illegal-loot-boxes https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-10-belgian-ga... Off-topic ad hominem. Hopefully the EFF and Al Lowe can get them for violating his copyright on some decades old code re-used in "their" games. FUD.
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binarymax 8y ago
The source is this article we're discussing, in which Activision claims that some LSL code is in other Sierra games like Kings Quest