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Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:10 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
The thing that boggles my mind about the whole thing is how everyone claims that RoXoR had no right to take a DDR cabinet and use it for company gain, when that's what the basis of the arcade industry ... |
Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:41 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
...I'm not entirely sure what that had to do with my post, zdemigoth, but that's still good info for everyone to read regardless before people go too heavily up in arms.
And can I just worm in an a ... |
Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:29 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
How much of the code is actually Roxor's intellectual property? Isn't ITG just Stepmania in a cabinet?
Graphics, sounds and theme. Basically, ITG.
And Stepmania is of a somewhat more stable legal ... |
Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:17 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
Key word in those phrases is "intellectual".
It just sounds like we're all victims of legal jargon here - intellectual rights does not mean they've secured any code or songs or anything like that o ... |
Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:11 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
Konami do not own the In The Groove franchise
Konami will be taking the In The Groove franchise.
Does it actually say that in the press release however? |
Topic: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
PrinceOfPersia
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:06 pm Subject: Roxor lawsuit settled, Konami inherits ITG franchise |
Allow me to crush any last hopes you guys have of ITG continuing:
(cross posted from Tyma, DDRUK:)
Konami did NOT win control of the 'In The Groove' copyright, the game code, it's songs, anything ... |
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