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>precedent waiting to happen no need, Sony already got us one. Bleem and VGS were a big business, Steve Jobs himself advertised VGS during Macworld 1999 http:/
by rasz 3y ago
>precedent waiting to happen
no need, Sony already got us one. Bleem and VGS were a big business, Steve Jobs himself advertised VGS during Macworld 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfu-xOGr1U&t=9m0s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfu-xOGr1U&t=9m0s
Sony sued Bleem and lost in court
Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!#Sony_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!#Sony_lawsuit
Sadly court case legal fees bankrupted Bleem, Sony later bought VGS from Connectix, and hired Bleem programmers.
- tetrisgm 3y agoI am familiar with both. I think the fact that Nintendo still went ahead and this will likely have repercussions means that the precedent isn't enough of a deterrent.