The History of Videogame Lawsuits

The History of Videogame Lawsuits |
| from the litigious-industry dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday December 18, @18:48 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/18/239202 |
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[0]AsiNisiMasa writes "1UP is running [1]an interesting piece detailing
the history of lawsuits in the gaming industry. It reveals a bit about
Nintendo's old strong-arm tactics, the origin of the third party
developer, Electronic Art's employee abuse, and of course plenty of
violent games being 'linked' to violent behavior. Jack Thompson gets an
entire page to himself." From the article: "To show their appreciation,
Atari took Activision to court, claiming that the company didn't have the
right to develop Atari games. Atari lost, and more companies decided to
follow in Activision's footsteps, creating the concept of third-party
developers. It was a defining moment for video games."


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1. http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3146206&did=1