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Posted March 18, 2015
Goddamnit Atari. >_<
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/atari-blocks-jeff-minter-from-releasing-new-versions-of-txk/0146828
Read and weep.
Posted March 18, 2015
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-18-jeff-minter-beyond-disgusted-with-atari-over-txk-block?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialoomph

http://yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=85897
Posted March 18, 2015
Yeah saw this and it fucking sucks :(

Gotta stay low with my Marble Madness remake....
Posted March 18, 2015
That sucks i love Jeff games always wacky but fun. Damm you Atari what are you doing.
Posted March 18, 2015
It's not Atari. It's Infogrames.
Posted March 18, 2015
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doady: It's not Atari. It's Infogrames.
Then why is everyone saying Atari. xD
Posted March 19, 2015
Some tweets by Jeff Minter:
I think the weirdest aspect of the legal letter thing is how they desperately try to imply I had nothing much to do with my own creation. I'm supposed to give "Atari" all my source code too, according to their charlatan lawyers. Seriously, read that PDF and check the slimy language they use to imply I had little part in my own creation. It's properly vile.

I wish I could release those new versions; if I can't I can at least still show them from time to time. If I could release the pc version for free without getting crapped on I would. One day let's hope the shell calling itself Atari goes tits and we'll dance on its grave to music that sounds exactly like Tempest 2000.
And then I'll release all the ports :D

It's achingly sad because I *loved* Atari. Getting to work there, and creating one of their last great games, was such a joy for me. And I was there when it died, and that too was a terribly sad time. But I could never have imagined one day being savaged by its undead corpse, my own seminal work turned against me. I am beyond disgusted.

If I ever got a fraction of Notch-rich I'd buy Atari and give it to the people. So many of us started from there, it should belong to us all.
Posted March 19, 2015
I really wonder why they think they're entitled to his source code.
Posted March 19, 2015
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doady: It's not Atari. It's Infogrames.
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omega64: Then why is everyone saying Atari. xD
infogrames partially bought atari's assets up
and renamed themselves atari in 2003 but they are still infograms

atari currently is 3 different companies under which infotari
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omega64: I really wonder why they think they're entitled to his source code.
at a guess because atari ( the original) own the original tempests
and infotari probably bought that part

..probably
Post edited March 19, 2015 by snowkatt
Posted March 19, 2015
Wow. I don't really know much about the game or the people involved, but that is seriously shit.

There needs to be some way of fighting these ridiculous claims and lawsuits to stop big companies from just taking legal action because they know their target won't be able to afford to defend themselves...
Posted March 19, 2015
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adaliabooks: Wow. I don't really know much about the game or the people involved, but that is seriously shit.

There needs to be some way of fighting these ridiculous claims and lawsuits to stop big companies from just taking legal action because they know their target won't be able to afford to defend themselves...
It's the medieval like copyrights laws. They've been cramping growth, innovation and science for a long time.
Posted March 19, 2015
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adaliabooks: Wow. I don't really know much about the game or the people involved, but that is seriously shit.

There needs to be some way of fighting these ridiculous claims and lawsuits to stop big companies from just taking legal action because they know their target won't be able to afford to defend themselves...
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Tarm: It's the medieval like copyrights laws. They've been cramping growth, innovation and science for a long time.
Yeah, I'm all in favour of copyright in general and being able to protect and profit from your own work, but using copyright like this is just sickening...
I don't see how it can be possible to write code for a company and then be sued later for using part of it... :/
Posted March 19, 2015
Wankers
Posted March 19, 2015
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Tarm: It's the medieval like copyrights laws. They've been cramping growth, innovation and science for a long time.
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adaliabooks: Yeah, I'm all in favour of copyright in general and being able to protect and profit from your own work, but using copyright like this is just sickening...
I don't see how it can be possible to write code for a company and then be sued later for using part of it... :/
Not that they've proven he used even a part of it.
Posted March 19, 2015
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adaliabooks: Yeah, I'm all in favour of copyright in general and being able to protect and profit from your own work, but using copyright like this is just sickening...
I don't see how it can be possible to write code for a company and then be sued later for using part of it... :/
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omega64: Not that they've proven he used even a part of it.
True. But even if he had... he wrote the damn thing, why shouldn't he?
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