Patentville - EA levels copyright lawsuit against Zynga
Gregory Alan Bolcer stashed this in Gaming
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Zynga loves to copy games.
Can games be copyrighted? Thanks to Zynga we're gonna find out.
I'm still wondering how Zynga could call a game th...EVIL...le
Ifindkarma loves being clever with wordplay :)
If the case gets to the discovery phase, I bet the internal Zynga emails dissecting and rebuilding SimsSocial will be hilariously specific and incriminating.
Perhaps a motto for Zynga's redemption could be "Do no me-too-Ville".
Dunno if this video hit PW yet, but the EA-Zynga lawsuit makes it even more funny:
http://om.co/2012/07/31/so-thats-how-a-gaming-company-works-video-nsfw/
That video is hilarious.
I'm surprised Zynga hasn't tried to copy more EA titles.
12:00 PM Aug 04 2012