nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock) (06/11/90)
For those interested, the 6/8 edition of the Wall Street Journal has a
front-page story on Tetris, more specifically about the legal mess surrounding
it. Seems like there's about a million different entities who "own" the
rights to it, and they're all suing each other. The Russion inventors have
made about $800.
Interestingly, Spectrum Holobyte wasn't even mentioned.
- Neil
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att!edsel!nsw or nsw@edsel.att.com \X/ the greatest thing since?donw@zehntel.zehntel.com (Don White) (06/16/90)
In article <1990Jun11.072630.26644@cbnewsm.att.com> nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock) writes:
*>For those interested, the 6/8 edition of the Wall Street Journal has a
*>front-page story on Tetris, more specifically about the legal mess surrounding
*>it. Seems like there's about a million different entities who "own" the
*>rights to it, and they're all suing each other. The Russion inventors have
*>made about $800.
*>
*>Interestingly, Spectrum Holobyte wasn't even mentioned.
*>
*> - Neil
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*>Neil Weinstock @ AT&T Bell Labs // What was sliced bread
*>att!edsel!nsw or nsw@edsel.att.com \X/ the greatest thing since?
It would be funny as hell if Spectrum Holobyte got sued out of business
because it was discovered that THEY were infringing the copyright!
"OH PLEASE! OH PLEASE! OH PLEASE!" - Gary Larson
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* zehntel!donw *papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (06/17/90)
In article <5188@zehntel.UUCP> donw@zehntel.UUCP (Don White) writes: > It would be funny as hell if Spectrum Holobyte got sued out of business > because it was discovered that THEY were infringing the copyright! Tough luck! Spectrum Holobyte is an official licensee of Tetris. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (06/17/90)
BTW, the reason SH is not even mentioned in the article as being part of the lawsuits is pretty simple. The litigation of over the rights for home machines like the Nintendo Entertainment system and Gameboy. These systems can generate HUGE sales (in the millions). Compared to that the few thousand sales that companies like SH might do for a micro version are ridiculous. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=