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

Post by Karawebnetwork » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 2:23 PM UTC

ngc248 wrote: post #747

Karawebnetwork wrote: post #505

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> Im honestly chocked that people react so negatively to this piece. I say this with all the love in the world: it's hard for engineers to think like artists and vice-versa.

Things are not so black and white. It's not that engineers can't appreciate art. The people commenting are saying that the payment was according to what was agreed and the artist's seller remorse is unwarranted. Thats all they are saying. It has nothing to do with art appreciation etc.

Post by microsoftdoes » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 3:23 PM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #751

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Ready his comment again. It does not matter because Mojang still exists, it's just a Microsoft-owned company now. The contract and everything else related to the game is still property of Mojang, nothing has been transferred.

> It does not matter because Mojang still exists A court may well consider that becoming a wholly owned subsidiary would violate a license, despite being a distinct legal entity[1][2]. Especially when it's just an implied license with no actual agreed definition on both sides. [1] Which is similar to what we're seeing with ARM vs Qualcomm and it should be interesting to see how that shakes out. [2] Mojang into Micros…

Post by iainmerrick » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

3np wrote: post #474

iainmerrick wrote: post #366

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But the point is, assuming Charlie is a good agent, Julian would also have made more money (and with less effort) because Charlie would have put in the work to ensure Julian got a good deal.

The point I was replying to was that OP screwed over their agent, which is not fair. Your point that OP would have been way better of if they did let their agent handle it from the beginning was made quite clear already: > Looking back, I can see that I should, at this point, have handed the conversation over to my agent, Charlie, who negotiates my book deals with publishers, and who is a complete darling, and good a…

Post by yreg » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 9:16 PM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #594

mcv wrote: post #258

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I read almost the whole thing but stopped before the End Poem, because I still haven't defeated the Ender Dragon. I admit I'm not really trying, but might still do so at some point.

> I admit I'm not really trying, but might still do so at some point. It's kinda worth it to get access to elytra and shulker boxes but they do tend to make you a bit OP. Then again to make sensible use of elytra you need a gunpowder farm and once you're building farms like that, you're already on the way to domination...

Post by wokwokwok » Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 2:51 AM UTC

yreg wrote: post #726

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Because he explicitly says so and it never was his intention. If you're trying to say that he agreed to it never understanding what he's agreeing to - then that would probably be a non-binding agreement in any legal proceedings.

He also says that he wrote them something along the lines "whatever, let's do the first deal you have offered me" and then intentionally never read the contract. Who knows what they have discussed and agreed to "as friends". The entire situation is very messy. Mojang fucked up by failing to get the contract signed and failing to even notice it. OTOH the writer seems like a contractor from hell who you wouldn't ever w…