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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!news.sprintlink.net!crash!lrand
From: lrand@crash.cts.com (Larry Randall)
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard?
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Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 13:55:17 GMT
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Ken Hansen (khansen@pluto.njcc.com) wrote:
: mwilliam@utkvx.utk.edu wrote:
: : On Monday id settled in the suit filed against them by Apple
: : Computer. It seems that when it became clear that Doom was a success,
: : Apple claimed patent infringement on the grounds that the exploding
: : barrel sequence was based on their "bulging trash can" icon. id paid
: : Apple an undisclosed amount, and agreed not to put exploding barrels
: : in Doom II.
: Why do I find this suit so easy to believe? Why do I find it so hard
: to believe that id paid for this... If I was their lawyer, I would
: have gone to court and showed simply four pieces of evidence:
: 1) A video tape of an Apple 'bulging' trash can
: 2) A video tape of a real trashcan being filled up (and not
: bulging ala Apple OS)
: 3) A video tape of an id 'exploding' trash can
: 4) A video tape of a real trashcan being filled with chemicals
: (Gas) and being shot at and bulging ala id game.
: I would then argue that the Apple representation is a piece of fiction
: and the id game is a piece of reality (like a movie)... Can Apple sue
: anyone who happens to film an exploding barrel?
: They don't have a similar look and feel, except for their fundemental
: barrel-ness, do they? Does apple own all rights to all barrels?
: what about Donkey Kong?
: Maybe I would have had id offer to make the trash can explode without
: the realistic bul
Sometimes, paying is less expensive than winning.
Larry
lrand@crash.cts.com