Poll of the Day > PUBG sueing Fortnite for copying their battle royal game.

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DarkKirby2500
05/30/18 6:52:13 PM
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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44287860

They previously sued another battle royal game for use of frying pan as weapon being original to PUBG.
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InfernalFive
05/30/18 6:54:48 PM
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shadowsword87
05/30/18 6:56:27 PM
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Man, it must really suck to have to much money.

They just keep wanting to give it to lawyers.
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Greenfox111
05/30/18 6:57:11 PM
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Lol frying pans have been weapons since chrono cross. Probably before that too, but i cant think of any others
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St_Kevin
05/30/18 7:00:43 PM
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TF2 is the real OG pan whacker
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darkknight109
05/30/18 7:01:03 PM
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Greenfox111 posted...
Lol frying pans have been weapons since chrono cross. Probably before that too, but i cant think of any others

Mario RPG comes to mind.
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_AdjI_
05/30/18 7:12:42 PM
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As Jim Sterling put it, maybe they'd have more luck if they spent less money on lawyers and more money on actual artists to help them develop something they actually could trademark. They don't exactly need much more luck, given how wildly successful PUBG has been, but all these battles to protect their IP are pretty pointless when they haven't actually developed any intellectual properties to protect.
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VeeVees
05/30/18 7:16:37 PM
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LOL, I hope they lose a ton of money.
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ParanoidObsessive
05/30/18 7:22:33 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Man, it must really suck to have to much money.

They just keep wanting to give it to lawyers.

They filed in Korea, so they may be counting on some sort of judicial shenanigans or corruption to help them win the suit. They might feel like they've got a better chance to win via racism/xenophobia if they file in their home country versus the US or a more international arena.

That being said, if they do manage to somehow subvert the entire concept of copyright law via corrupt hijinks and get to sue for damages, I hope both Suzanne Collins and Koushun Takami immediately file suit for all the ideas they stole from them. And then Arma and DayZ file the next day. And so on until every penny they stole goes to someone else instead.

I also hope this disgusts their fanbase so much that even more people abandon them for other games like Fortnite out of sheer protest, but honestly, I have even less faith in the marketplace to do the right thing than I do foreign legal systems.


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Nichtcrawler X
05/30/18 7:25:01 PM
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DarkKirby2500 posted...
They previously sued another battle royal game for use of frying pan as weapon being original to PUBG.


They gonna sue Namco next for Tales of Destiny's Lilith?
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helIy
05/30/18 7:26:25 PM
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it's also worth noting that pubg is an indie game.

it exploded in popularity, but it is still an indie game

i doubt anyone over there saw this coming and now they have no idea what to do so they're like, taking advice from their moms cousins grandma
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DarkKirby2500
06/01/18 4:45:03 PM
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bump
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Dikitain
06/01/18 5:01:01 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Man, it must really suck to have to much money.

They just keep wanting to give it to lawyers.

Maybe they should take that money and make a game that doesn't run like shit on most super computers.
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dragon504
06/01/18 5:03:27 PM
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Dikitain posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
Man, it must really suck to have to much money.

They just keep wanting to give it to lawyers.

Maybe they should take that money and make a game that doesn't run like shit on most super computers.


Ugh, this still bums me out. TIE got me the game and I can't even run it. :(
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BlackScythe0
06/01/18 5:04:30 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
Man, it must really suck to have to much money.

They just keep wanting to give it to lawyers.

They filed in Korea, so they may be counting on some sort of judicial shenanigans or corruption to help them win the suit. They might feel like they've got a better chance to win via racism/xenophobia if they file in their home country versus the US or a more international arena.

That being said, if they do manage to somehow subvert the entire concept of copyright law via corrupt hijinks and get to sue for damages, I hope both Suzanne Collins and Koushun Takami immediately file suit for all the ideas they stole from them. And then Arma and DayZ file the next day. And so on until every penny they stole goes to someone else instead.

I also hope this disgusts their fanbase so much that even more people abandon them for other games like Fortnite out of sheer protest, but honestly, I have even less faith in the marketplace to do the right thing than I do foreign legal systems.



What authority would Korean courts even hold if they manage to pull off a questionable win there?
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