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  • spacefunk
    PGH for GTA VI
    • Feb 2003
    • 1524

    #16
    Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

    Maybe he was such a nerd that he totally forgot about Madden til last week. Not hatin, just saying.
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    • roadman
      *ll St*r
      • Aug 2003
      • 26339

      #17
      Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

      Originally posted by spacefunk
      Maybe he was such a nerd that he totally forgot about Madden til last week. Not hatin, just saying.
      I hear you, but I wouldn't forget royalty checks that keep coming in and then all of a sudden stop.

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      • Exonerated
        MVP
        • Dec 2007
        • 4899

        #18
        Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

        Originally posted by turftickler
        Property is still property. If he is the owner/founder of the technology and he didn't sign over the rights to it, the tech still belongs to him. The man needs to get paid.
        Intellectual property is a very recent phenomena. It may seem obvious that it is property now, but not in 1985.

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        • hyacinth1
          MVP
          • Aug 2003
          • 1537

          #19
          Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

          I think were all missing the point of this. Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!! If that is true it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

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          • Exonerated
            MVP
            • Dec 2007
            • 4899

            #20
            Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

            Originally posted by hyacinth1
            I think were all missing the point of this. Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!! If that is true it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
            code that has transcended 4 platforms???

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            • TheDelta
              MVP
              • Sep 2010
              • 1313

              #21
              Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

              Originally posted by hyacinth1
              Guy is claiming EA has been using his 1988 code in the current generation games!!!!
              No he isn't. He claims that the current software is "derived" from the work he did in '88. Since something like this would be awfully hard to prove if it was just a year and one cycle removed from the original, much less over 20 years, cycles and at least 4 platforms, this lawsuit really has no merit and EA won't pay him one dollar.
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              • roadman
                *ll St*r
                • Aug 2003
                • 26339

                #22
                Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                Originally posted by TheDelta
                No he isn't. He claims that the current software is "derived" from the work he did in '88. Since something like this would be awfully hard to prove if it was just a year and one cycle removed from the original, much less over 20 years, cycles and at least 4 platforms, this lawsuit really has no merit and EA won't pay him one dollar.
                Thank you, you said it much better than I did.

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                • blklightning
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 1294

                  #23
                  Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                  well what do you expect them to say, "yeah, he's right. who's got the checkbook?"
                  My score for Madden 13: 4.5/10

                  3 points for graphics, 1 point for the passable commentary, and a half point for the boxart. I can give no further points since the all over the place gameplay would ruin it anyway.

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                  • RedZoneD25
                    MVP
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 2963

                    #24
                    Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                    Originally posted by blklightning
                    well what do you expect them to say, "yeah, he's right. who's got the checkbook?"
                    What a turn of events that would be. Yeah in all honesty I think this case is going to fall flat very soon.

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                    • TNT713
                      Banned
                      • May 2004
                      • 2043

                      #25
                      Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                      Someone is going to need some really good lawyers.

                      Later

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                      • TreFacTor
                        MVP
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 1138

                        #26
                        Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                        i wonder how this goes in court, the guy as evidence pops in M11 and M89 and shows the scripts are the same or similar code... I hope he wins and in the process drops a bombshell on the gaming community... but the guy will most likely be paid up nicely and the case never sees the light of day.
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                        • mestevo
                          Gooney Goo Goo
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 19556

                          #27
                          Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                          Originally posted by TreFacTor
                          i wonder how this goes in court, the guy as evidence pops in M11 and M89 and shows the scripts are the same or similar code... I hope he wins and in the process drops a bombshell on the gaming community... but the guy will most likely be paid up nicely and the case never sees the light of day.
                          What bombshell is there to be dropped on the gaming community?

                          The way this goes is EA asks for it to be dismissed, and a judge considers how credible/possible it is for his claim to have any merit. If his only proof is some statements in an interview by EA's founder then this isn't going to go very far IMO.

                          He wouldn't have access to 'scripts' prior discovery for a trial most likely.

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                          • TheDelta
                            MVP
                            • Sep 2010
                            • 1313

                            #28
                            Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                            Originally posted by TreFacTor
                            i wonder how this goes in court, the guy as evidence pops in M11 and M89 and shows the scripts are the same or similar code...
                            Won't happen. As simple as this. It's technologically impossible. The original Madden was developed in 1988 on what? Apple II or MS-DOS? M11 was developed in 2010 on the XBox360. It's simply impossible for there to be any similarities in code between those games warranting such a lawsuit.

                            That said, I'm sure the lawsuit is actually a lot more complicated than this and I'm not a lawyer (and from europe, so my experience with american law is limited), so I'm just speaking about the code of the game.
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                            • Gorilla Glass
                              MVP
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 1139

                              #29
                              Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                              The Madden series was his idea and no one knows what agreement he and EA has. It will play out.

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                              • roadman
                                *ll St*r
                                • Aug 2003
                                • 26339

                                #30
                                Re: UPDATE: Madden Creator Suing Electronic Arts, EA Responds Claim Utterly Without M

                                Originally posted by Gorilla Glass
                                The Madden series was his idea and no one knows what agreement he and EA has. It will play out.
                                Actually, it was Trip Hawkins idea and he went to John Madden for his ideas. Madden told Hawkins if it isn't 11 vs 11, I don't want anything to do with it.

                                Hawkins worked for EA at the time.

                                As other posters have said, it will play out, but it won't reach court or if it does, a judge may dismiss it.

                                We'll see.

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