Zynga hits Electronic Arts with counterclaim

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[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/75784/zynga-hits-electronic-arts-with-counterclaim[/url]

[sir whoopsalot]

Didn't this happen like last week?

[Moby-]

Zynga is nothing.

[Computermaster]

You're right Zynga, EA [I]can't[/I] claim exclusive rights to the life sim genre. They [I]can[/I] claim exclusive rights to games that look and play [I]exactly[/I] like their own though.

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[koekje4life V2]

So Zynga is suing EA because EA is suing them. This is retarded.

[Jack Trades]

I hope they sue themselves to oblivion, both of them.

[Damoman]

[QUOTE=Forumaster;37699492]You're right Zynga, EA [I]can't[/I] claim exclusive rights to the life sim genre. They [I]can[/I] claim exclusive rights to games that look and play [I]exactly[/I] like their own though.

[IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17uuc6ixra0e1jpg/original.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

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It just keeps happening.

[Digimutant]

Zynga should kinda quit doing Facebook games.

EDIT: Actually they should quit developing in general.

[Appolox]

[QUOTE=digigamer17;37699599]Zynga should quit doing games and copying.[/QUOTE]

Corrected.

[editline]17th September 2012[/editline]

Ohh, you edited.

[TheTailor25]

I (and most of FP) doesn't care about these companies, they are useless.
But it's retarded that most of Software/Hardware companies just sue their rivals. (Oracle/Google, Samsung/Apple, etc.)

[alien_guy]

Zynga is one of the few companies that I hate more than EA.

[leontodd]

How can you claim copyright on an isometric house.

[CaptainJL]

[QUOTE=leontodd;37703164]How can you claim copyright on an isometric house.[/QUOTE]

You can't. But you CAN claim copyright on a game that resembles yours so closely that they even copied the exact RGB values for skin tones you used for your characters.