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    Worlds.com sues MMORPG's

    What ?!


    A company called Worlds.com has taken the first step to what could be a large series of legal battles.The company is represented by a law firm called Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP. They have filed a complaint against the company NCSoft ( The creators of City of Heroes , Villains , Lineage , Tabula Rasa and others). The complaint claims that NCsoft broke their patent called "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space.

    Worls.com wants to damage NCsoft and wants to stop it from violating another patent called "scalable virtual world chat client server system". NCsoft has yet to respond.

    What is worlds.com ?

    Worlds.com, was one of the early virtual world developers from the '90s, They've announced earlier this month that it had selected an intellectual property firm to defend its two patents related to scaling virtual spaces and enabling users to interact and chat in 3D area's.

    But there's more !

    According to Worlds.com, the patents may also seek action against the likes of Blizzard (World of Warcraft) and Linden Research (Second Life) but for now, there's no such complaint.....yet


    Will the company actually sue Blizzard or will they fail ?

    /discuss

    Worlds.com sues MMORPG's
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    They wont win Blizzard is superiour and plus you cant copyright a damn thing, because there are many games out there that have players in virutal spaces, runescape, they wont win they just want money so they can try to make there game better.

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    It all comes down to who has the most money.

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    Lol. What a joke. I doubt they will win against Blizzard (if they try). In fact, I doubt they will win against NCsoft. In fact, if you look at worlds.com, they aim towards a social simulation, almost like chat rooms but super interactive and w/ 3d graphics.

    NCsoft and Blizzard are quite different. They make games in which a bunch of people connect via internet and quest or play or w/e, not chat and emote and that such (yes, I know that is supported to an extent, but WoW and Tabula Rasa and that such weren't designed around it.)

    Not only that, but I think the patent in itself is a joke. To claim such a general concept is simply stupid. Its like saying "we made this shade of green, and thus we have the rights to all things this shade of green."

    Again, I think this whole thing is a joke.



    On an unrelated topic, I found a news story on the front page of worlds.com. The story included this:


    Still, groups of peacekeepers have emerged in some worlds to enforce a sort of common law. In World of Warcraft, a popular online fantasy game, a character who is acting out runs the risk of being attacked by a group of self-appointed sheriffs. While the avatar doesn't face official penalties, the interference from other players can deter future crimes.
    Erm... wtf?
    Last edited by Stephen Colbert; 12-31-2008 at 02:03 AM.

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    If blizzard does fail (0.1% change of failing) Then Private servers shall rise! :P
    ahhhh

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    Private Servers have risen long ago, and they shall never fall.

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    They cant stop the Private Servers.
    They will never fall down, and seriously, they wont.

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    Originally Posted by Hephaestus View Post
    They cant stop the Private Servers.
    They will never fall down, and seriously, they wont.
    huh? this doesn't have anything to do with private servers =/


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    Originally Posted by Piersd View Post
    huh? this doesn't have anything to do with private servers =/
    read the whole article (including comments)



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    Piracy= Never going to stop..
    Private servers= Same thing as piracy never going to stop
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    there is such a low chance that they would win against blizzard. Blizz is like either US or China; superpowers. Worlds is Andorra (its a country between Spain and France). They will loose.


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    it does not matter who has the most money....it matters who the jury prefairs....and if the jury is composed of people who play wow then im guessiing EPIXXX FAIL!!

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    What are they thinking? They are going to fail

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    LOL, just, LOL. I'd actually like to see the outcome of this...

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    Wow thats ridiculous.... how can you copyright something like that? and yea there going to fail hc.

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