Valve versus Sierra [Sep 20, 2004, 11:34 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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Vivendi Universal dogfight heats up in US District Court on GameSpot (thanks
Democritus) reveals some details of a behind-the-scenes legal battle between
Valve and Sierra (now part of VU Games) over Half-Life and Half-Life 2 that's
been brewing for several years now. The article picks through details of a
recent court filing by Valve that reveals the current state of the litigation,
which has its next court date on October 8, though an actual trial is not
scheduled until March 21, 2005. Included are disputes over what
role Steam is to take in the game's distribution and who actually holds rights
to the Half-Life intellectual property. Here's a segment that summarizes some of
this:
In court filings, Sierra/VUG says that the current distribution of Half-Life 2 via Steam exceeds the scope of the current software publishing agreement between the two parties. It is apparently seeking the court's assistance in compelling Valve not to use Steam as an avenue of distribution.
On Friday, when asked if Valve was remained intent on making Half-Life 2 available to gamers via Steam, regardless of what was determined on October 8, Lombardi replied, "Yes."
Interestingly, and in spite of the ongoing legal dispute, Sierra/VUG still wants to work with Valve in the future and is asking the court via filings to force Valve to work with it on whatever is next in the development pipeline. It asks the court, in filings, "for a declaration that Sierra and VUG have the right to a fourth engine license pursuant to the terms of...the 2001 Agreement."
According to Lombardi, "We're going to meet the obligations of our current agreement."
Dude, your other post is already funny as hell since you have no facts about that CPU usage problem or how pathetically you claw yourself onto that spyware issue, but this one shoots the cat.
Just out of curiousity, but do YOU have any facts on the CPU usage problem? Like framerate comparisons or stats of reletive CPU consumption? Regardless, that still doesn't get past the fact that you've continually dodged the point of the spyware discussion.
Like Rilus mentioned, you were the one who started the current spyware conversation. However, that discussion should be dead and gone. No one should be talking about the spyware issue because IT DOESN'T EXIST in the first place; and if Valve (Or anyone else) had ever wanted to spy on your computer, they could do it just as well (Which is to say, not at all) WITHOUT Steam. Steam is a NON-ISSUE as far as spyware is concerned. Everyone acts like it's the ultimate trojan horse or something dispite MANY people pointing out that the same effect can be achieved through a myriad of other ways. Matter of fact, Blizzard did it with Battle.net at one point.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-210771.html?legacy=cnet
Saying that Valve could possibly use Steam for spyware is like saying a guy could possible use a baseball bat to kill. Yes they could; however there's plenty of other ways to kill somebody, so should we boycott baseball bats anyway?
This comment was edited on Oct 19, 2024, 06:11.
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