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Today I learned that 2021 Sega is still in business. Sad to see them devalue themselves and simply become another patent troll.
by ecf 6y ago
Today I learned that 2021 Sega is still in business. Sad to see them devalue themselves and simply become another patent troll.
- cestith 6y agoThis has nothing to do with patents. They're not trolling, which is generally registering something and sitting on it waiting to sue. Sega is a practicing entity with a copyright on a game that's actively being sold. Someone's made a mistake in this DMCA complaint and Sega's being difficult to reach to resolve it. It's nothing like patent trolling.
- garyfirestorm 6y ago> it’s nothing like patent trolling Sega has army of lawyers and probably massive budget for court fees vs a small 2 people run shop who are actually not infringing anything and don’t have any of those resources. You get where this is going?
- vimacs2 6y agoLet's not redefine "patent trolling" as bad thing big bad company does. This was clearly a mistake borne from the outsourcing of brand protection onto a firm that clearly is not the greatest at their job. Thankfully, somebody in SEGA has responded and it should be soon resolved.
- burnished 6y agoI thought your stereotypical patent troll wasn't a firm with access to top notch legal resources, just some people slinging enough shit that eventually it stuck? This would be pretty firmly different, right?
- rhino369 6y agoThat depends who you ask, but there are two types of trolls. The first, as you describe, basically extort small settlements out of companies using garbage patents--the classic example being the guys who sued small businesses for using a fax machine. The second are non-practicing entities that buy at least half-way decent portfolios for cheap and then sue big businesses for big settlements or big jury verdicts. Their lawyers can be very good.
- cestith 6y agoIt has nothing to do with patents. It's not a non-practicing entity making a claim against big targets hoping for a windfall. It's probably not even intentional from Sega themselves - people make mistakes, even lawyers. Yes, it involves legal paperwork and the claim is empty. So why not call it a MAGA election suit? It has two things in common with those.
- hn8788 6y agoSega was the top ranked publisher of 2020. They aren't a patent troll at all. https://www.pcgamer.com/sega-is-metacritics-top-ranked-publisher-of-2020/ https://www.pcgamer.com/sega-is-metacritics-top-ranked-publi...
- blackearl 6y agoSega has had a lot of top tier games in recent years.
- cwkoss 6y agoWhich ones? I see a bunch of remasters of old games, but few top tier titles in the past 5 years.
- b0rbb 6y agoThe entirety of the Yakuza series is absolutely fantastic, especially the latest entry (Yakuza: Like a Dragon).
- aidenn0 6y agoI tried to look it up on SteamDB, but it wasn't there...
- filoleg 6y agoIt is on SteamDB, right here[0]. It says in giant text "This page was taken down because SEGA is claiming we distribute their game here (we don't)." However, if you search for the game in the SteamDB search bar (just enter "Yakuza", don't even need the full name), it will show up just fine, with a picture and all, you just won't be able to see the full page. That's how I found that link, so I have no idea how you missed it. 0. https://steamdb.info/app/1235140/ https://steamdb.info/app/1235140/
- blackearl 6y agoPersona 5 has sold millions of copies. Yakuza 6, Judgement, and Yakuza Like a Dragon all did well. I'm not really interested in Football Manager but I know it's incredibly popular
- o_p 6y agoSega is probably the most friendly videogame company regarding copyright, specially to fan games.
- anthk 6y agoExcept for "Streets of Rage remake"