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- From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
- Subject: Re: Tetris gripe
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.150932.12796@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Jul24.021611.12788@panix.com> <1992Jul24.165919.16653@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 19:09:32 GMT
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- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
- >Now, if that is the case, I really do not know how I would react. On
- >the one hand you have a company (IBM) which is trying as hard as
- >possible not to infringe on Spectrum Holobyte's intellectual property,
- >and, in discussions with them, they could not agree on royalties. On
- >the other hand you may have two companies which feel (1) they won't
- >get sued; and/or (2) the Tetris concept is not protectable under law;
- >and/or (3) their lawyers can keep the case tied up in court forever,
- >at tremendous legal expense, driving the company out of business
- >and/or deterring a lawsuit in the first place. Do I laud IBM's
- >principled stand or Microsoft/Quarterdeck's ruthless competitive
- >spirit (positive spin given here to both)?
-
- Well, IBM could always try to BUY Spectrum Holobyte. :) :)
-
- And then we could enjoy the first real OS/2 32-bit games...
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