well here I learned in law lectures at tech that you can sue here but the most you can get is something like 400000, I am not sure if its correct now, but you can sue all you want but you won't get it, there is a limit here you can sue for. At 01:22 p.m. 10/02/2008, you wrote: >Hi Ari, >For the record the person I was emailing today didn't say anything about >suing me. At this point all he has done is ask me a lot of questions >about conflicts of interests, how I obtained the copyrights to >Montezuma's Return, how similar my game is to the Utopia title, etc. I >am hoping this is just some confusion on his part. >I did explain that my game is an accessible game, made for blind and low >vision users, and while it is similar to Montezuma's Revenge it is also >different. I am hoping those diferences and the fact it is not a video >game, per say, they will just leave me alone. >Though, after this little run in I am strongly thinking about changing >the name of the game again. While I like the name I have for the game I >would rather it not come up in search engines under Montezuma's Return >which is a trade mark of another company. >As for suing it is a sad fact people are sue happy over here in the USA. >When a woman can order hot coffee, spill it on herself, and then sue >McDonald's for selling her hot coffee and win you know something is >wrong with the legal system. I heard of a case involving a lawyer who >payed for a pack of cigars, insured them for fire damage, smoked them, >and then sued the insurance company for not paying him after his cigars >were smoked and won. My point is that suing over here is often >rediculous, but is a part of life. > >ari wrote: >> really Thomas, feel very sorry for you about this, can't stand bloody evil >> people like that, these big bullying corporate-types who try and find >> anything to sue over to just make money, that's the one thing I find not >> great about America, the culture over there of people just wanting to find >> problems and suing all the time. It's absolutely disgusting, I mean, how >> could anyone even confuse them with you, you are making a game for blind >> people, they're not even bothering to do that anyway. >> Ari >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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