There are only a few days until Sonic the Hedgehog 3 opens in theaters. One part of the film that fans were eagerly anticipating was the appearance of the song “Live and Learn”, the very popular theme song of Sonic Adventure 2, which was originally released in 2001. The song was made by Crush 40, ...
Jesse Keighin enjoyed streaming Nintendo Switch games online before they were officially released and then gloating about it right to Nintendo’s face, according to one new lawsuit filed by the Mario maker in Colorado District Court earlier this week. “[I] “I can do this all day,” he reportedly wrote in a letter to Nintendo. The ...
It’s no secret that Nintendo isn’t a fan of piracy. However, this year is becoming quite infamous as it is full of Nintendo taking legal action against various people and companies. Nintendo has been particularly strict about the piracy of Switch games and the vast majority of their legal actions have been related to this. ...
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Blizzard reportedly worked with Netflix on adaptations of Overwatch, Diablo and StarCraft before filing a lawsuit against it in 2020. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who’s still promoting his upcoming book Play Well: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment and has switched from appearing on podcasts to moderating Reddit AMA. To view ...
The gaming community is still reacting to the big news that Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developer behind Palworld. What is interesting about the lawsuit is that it is not about copyright infringement, but patent infringement. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company say that Palworld “infringes multiple patent rights,” but ...
It’s no secret that Nintendo has been very strict about fan content. It’s also no secret that Nintendo isn’t a fan of any kind of piracy or emulation. The company has been trying to stop both for many years. So it’s no surprise that a new example of this was announced today. Gaming journalist Stephen ...
Temu has filed a lawsuit against its competitor Shein. (Image: Ascannio – adobe.stock.com) Shops with bargain prices have been more popular than ever for years, even though they have been criticized several times. Now one of these shops, Temu, is taking action against its competitor and suing Shein. The accusation seems hair-raising. “Mafia-like intimidation” Last ...
Bungie has won a lawsuit against a Destiny 2 player for harassing a developer’s community manager and his wife, and he’s now paying heavily. As an employee of a development studio, you often have to put up with angry words. In the case of a Destiny 2 community manager, the employer Bungie burst and the ...
Some guy is suing Tolkien and Amazon for $250 million right now. That alone takes serious courage. But what’s notable about this lawsuit is why he’s suing: copyright infringement on his Lord of the rings fanfic In particular, he argues that Amazon appropriated elements of his fan fiction for his own Tolkien adaptation TV series. ...
A fan fiction writer has filed a lawsuit over Amazon’s Rings of Power series. © Amazon Studios / New Line Cinema Demetrious Polychron is obviously very convinced of his work. The author wrote a fan fiction about The Lord of the Rings and now thinks that Amazon and The Tolkien Estate stole his ideas for ...
