Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
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Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#2Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone?
These petty fights are getting tiresome.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#3Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
Intellectual property - nobody likes it until they amass it. I think even Oracle was anti-patent until they got enough.
In general, it's hard to be against something that's a keystone to how you make your living.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#4If the accusation is true then I think this case is justified. Zynga have done a lot of things I disagree with. This isn't one of those things.
You can't just copy 760 company files which I assume are not public into your private Dropbox account. It may have been a mistake. It might not. Either way some sort of legal action seems inevitable.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#5Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
Yeah, it's a shame when laws and language evolve to meet the changing conditions that modern society faces.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#6Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
You can't steal files from your old employer. I know almost everyone does this but that doesn't make it right.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#7Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
Spies, double-agents, mercenaries, and turn-coats have been stealing and smuggling information for years.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#8Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
We can use 'counterfeiting' if you would like, but both are just as bad. I feel like people that make your argument do so because they want to make it seem like copying private IP isn't wrong.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#9Is there anybody who's surprised by this? Zynga is always suing somebody.
Re: Zynga sues former CityVille exec, accusing him of stealing game ideas
#10Sigh... Remember back in the days when "stealing" used to mean taking something away from someone? These petty fights are getting tiresome.
Is there anything of value to "steal" from Zynga anyways? It's not like their games require complex architectures.
Anyone knowing the basics distributed computing could easily recreate their server-side.
Hopefully someday lawsuits will be over the best interests of the public, not companies who constantly manipulate the public for profits.