I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and give it to you

Post by pflenker » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 4:46 PM UTC

cyber_kinetist wrote: post #517

Although I don't really like the ending text for Minecraft at all (and think the author is really too pretentious and self-centered), I like how this blog post reveals himself as an artist with human flaws. He kinda (but not fully) admits that he had a parasocial relationship with Notch and really though he cared about him (although for Notch the author was probably just a random contactor who would fill the writing…

Post by squirtlebonflow » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 4:48 PM UTC

trhr wrote: post #577

pclmulqdq wrote: post #433

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It can take a lifetime to get good at something, but a few hours of work after that lifetime generally doesn't cost much. Certainly not more than 5 figures.

A man sails his smoking yacht into a repair shop. The head mechanic goes over with a hammer and slams it against the side of the engine. The engine roars back to life, and the smoke subsides. He submits a bill for $200,000. It is itemized as such: - $1 - Fifteen seconds of labor; striking with hammer - $199,999 - Knowing where to strike

Post by afterburner » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 4:49 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #226

spuz wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My interpretation of the legal status is that the author is entitled to accept the €20k as payment for his time but that amount doesn't constitute payment for the copyright of the work. Mojang subsequently wanted to purchase that copyright and hence why they sent the contract for £1 to be signed. Julian believed the copyright was worth more and so rejected the offer. All that is to say that if my interpretation is co…

> Mojang subsequently wanted to purchase that copyright and hence why they sent the contract for £1 to be signed. That is the move by Mojang that I didn't understand. They were about to be paid 2.5 billion. Why not offer 1 million for the signed contract? They could easily afford that, and with his financial troubles at the time, Julian would probably have signed it. And he'd have missed out on his subsequent persona…

Post by adamrezich » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 4:51 PM UTC

bo1024 wrote: post #535

superultra wrote: post #447

I work in intellectual property, though I am not a lawyer. If this person were my client I’d diplomatically tell them that they’re clean out of luck on this one. All the documents that come as a shock to the author are boiler plate NDA and work for hire arrangements, and outside of being a famous author who’s “brand” would bring something of marketing value to the table, at no point really would anyone be able to neg…

This is talking right past the important higher level message in the post. A lot of it is a rejection of the entire way of thinking you present here.

Post by _gabe_ » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 4:53 PM UTC

Scaevolus wrote: post #205

Contracts, eh? Three people got a cut of the $2B buyout, some random contractor doing a bit of writing for the game isn't going to get anything. I made the game _playable_ for a huge number of people by optimizing the save format (MCRegion) and doing the first implementation of Unicode text, probably affecting the exponential growth rate a bit, but I understand that my contribution amounted to a few weeks of work, ex…