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Forums - Sony - Jaffe sued over alleged God of War copyright infringement

lilwingman on 17 September 2008

Waited this long to file a claim? Bogus.



It's all about the game.

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libellule on 17 September 2008

@lilwingman,

they were writing the book !!!!!!!

(rofl, It is making me laught a lot lolll)



Time to Work !

twesterm on 17 September 2008
lilwingman said:
Waited this long to file a claim? Bogus.

 

It's completely reasonable to assume people just haven't heard of God of War.  I know it's hard to believe but not everybody plays video games.



 

lilwingman on 17 September 2008

That's very true - if they had just randomly come out of nowhere with the complaint than it'd be feasible, but the write-up says they were in talks with Sony, and further, SCEA. You'd think they'd at least follow that up to ensure that they didn't get conned out of their work.



It's all about the game.

LOL MATURE on 17 September 2008
theprof00 said:
"his hands MORPH into two massive swords that glow like light sabers..."
that is some amazing writing right there.

 

 Sounds nothing like the blades of chaos...



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Commando on 17 September 2008
twesterm said:

It's no secret that I'm not a huge Jaffe or God of War fan but personally, those two stories sound like every other Greek tragedy that doesn't have to do with sleeping with someone related to you.

This sounds about like some wannabe up-and-coming writer wanting to get noticed in whatever way they can.  Of course what's going to happen to that person is they're going to get raped by legal fees by the opposing side.

 

 Agreed.  Especially with the first part!



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LOL MATURE on 18 September 2008

Also - OMG! A GREEK WAR GAME AND A GREEK WAR PLAY REVOLVE AROUND THE SAME GREEK GOD.... who'd of thunk the war god would be in both stories...



Spankey on 18 September 2008
twesterm said:
lilwingman said:
Waited this long to file a claim? Bogus.

 

It's completely reasonable to assume people just haven't heard of God of War. I know it's hard to believe but not everybody plays video games.

 

you could argue that, I suppose, but seeing as "The plaintiffs allege that in 2002 they sent their work to Sony Pictures as well as agents who also did business with SCEA." I think it's a pretty safe bet that they knew at least a little about GoW before this



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NiKKoM on 18 September 2008

It's a Microsoft conspiracy!!! >_> http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=42281&start=0



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

Kasz216 on 18 September 2008
Darc Requiem said:
I doubt the merits of the case. Both stories are based on Greek mythology. If God of War wasn't based on an existing mythology and had significant similarities to their work I would say that have a case.

In the same way Too Human is based on Norse Mythology.  The names and positions of people are about hte same... everything else...

eh....