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11/20/12 2:23:30 PM#21
Could be talking about these:
http://www.lordoftherings-slotmachine.com/about-the-game/lotr-slot-special-game-features/ |
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Originally posted by DashiDMV Aye, that is likely one of the offending products Warner Brothers allegedly inappropriately licensed. EA CEO John Riccitiello's on future microtransactions: "When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out of ammo in your clip, and we ask you for a dollar to reload, you're really not very price sensitive at that point in time...We're not gouging, but we're charging." |
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Slampig
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Joined: 12/29/03
Whatever you do, do NOT speak ill of Asheron's Call 2... |
11/20/12 2:28:24 PM#23
Originally posted by nationalcity The estate is trying to hold the property in a certain light, and that light does not include slot machines. It has nothing to do with greed, it has everything to do with the legacy of the Middle-Earth property and not turning it into some lame Star Wars crap, or even worse, into a marketing turd like KISS... That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming! |
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Isane
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Joined: 5/24/06
"Some do , Some don''t , Others just cry" Jean Sali |
11/20/12 2:29:54 PM#24
Originally posted by nationalcity I guess if you patented or created something of value and someone ripped you off you would just shrug and say thats life. Then you get people in the real worl who protect their owwn IP. ________________________________________________________ |
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11/29/12 12:47:30 PM#25
Originally posted by Slampig
If you believe that you'll believe anything. |
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11/29/12 12:49:20 PM#26
Originally posted by Thenextbigthing
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11/29/12 12:52:43 PM#27
Originally posted by nationalcity It's not greedy at all. They signed a contract, they were granted certain permissions and that's it. I mean, lord of the rings slot machines? I would sue them to get that stuff removed. |
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11/29/12 1:01:18 PM#28
The things like lockboxes in LOTRO aren't necessarily gambling. In some jurisdictions it doesn't apply as you always get something of "equal" value or greater for it. So you buy the key/box for $1, then you get a potion or various sundry items that total a $1, but not that sweet mount or something. You weren't technically gambling in the legal sense in that case.
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12/09/12 12:54:09 PM#29
The Tolkiens are screwed up bunch. You can't even call them elitists, when they disowned one of their own (I think it was JRR's nephew) for liking and publicly supporting the movies.
Christopher Tolkien needs to take a chill pill and stop pretending like his father's work is his own. |
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12/09/12 1:06:52 PM#30
Originally posted by Uhwop
It remains to be seen if WB overstepped their bounds. A gambling game is a physical game, it depends on the terms of the contract.
If mobile games are not covered by the contract as they are not physically distributed, then any downloadable LOTR game such as LOTRO could be a violation as well. They could force WB to only sell the game and all content physically. That means no more digital downloads or items in the store. That would shut down LOTRO very quickly. |
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12/11/12 1:49:02 AM#31
The problem, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is that the defendants of the lawsuit have breached the contract with the creation of the “highly offensive” slots games. Probably, this is just a misunderstanding between the two parties. I hope this will settle soon for them to create more movies like "The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”.
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12/11/12 1:57:22 AM#32
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12/11/12 1:58:22 AM#33
Originally posted by botrytis
Umm unless your an apple fanboy and completely against the progression of technology, then apple-samsung lawsuit is indeed frivilous. rather its a pathetic attempt from apple to stop samsung from innovating (and sweeping the smartphone market) rather then innovate themselves.
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rojo6934
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Joined: 8/13/09
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli |
12/11/12 2:02:11 AM#34
Originally posted by Papadam the article says "specifically slot machines and Online Games, my wild guess is that Lotro is an online game so it would be affected. Like you said, Lotro is over 5 years old so i dont see how were Tolkien Estate not aware of its existence to just sue them now. lol "in peace, in sleep under the barren, abandoned soil"
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12/16/12 11:31:03 AM#35
Originally posted by Thenextbigthing The Tolkien estate can't do a damn thing about LOTR Lego, action figures, board games, chess sets, tea-cosies, or pretty much any other tangible merchandise. Ron Tolkien sold the movie and merchandise rights back in '68 to pay off Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs. Saul Zaentz a.k.a. Middle-Earth Enterprises (formerly Tolkien Enterprises) might point-blank refuse, or at least seriously up the asking price, if someone tried to get permission to do something they thought might devalue the brand in the medium to long term, but yeah, they're in it for the money. Chris Tolkien while he may have edited a number of volumes of his father's discarded drafts, back-of-envelope notes and laundry lists is still clearly serious about protecting J.R.R.'s life-work -- hell, if he was purely in it for the money he'd have licensed the TV rights for the Silmarillion to the people who did the Game of Thrones TV. |
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