ET TV Cancelled :-(
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ET TV Cancelled :-(
The ET Pro team is sad to announce that ET TV has been cancelled.
Today we received a nasty letter from "The Law Offices of Tisdale, Pence, and Dion" representing their client Mr. Obman I. Nepravda. Mr. Nepravda claims to have patents covering the broadcast of networked online games. They are demanding we license their patents or cease & desist development of ET TV. ET TV is developed on a completely voluntary basis, and when finished ET TV would be distributed completely free of charge. The ET Pro team cannot afford to pay the per-copy license fees Mr. Nepravda is demanding, and regardless of whether these patents are valid or not, the ET Pro team simply does not have the funds to defend ourselves in a costly legal battle. Unfortunately this means the end of ET TV
I know a lot of people were looking forward to ET TV. We were too, but what can you do? Lawyers suck
ET Pro appears safe at the moment, so we will continue our work on that and BayonET.
Today we received a nasty letter from "The Law Offices of Tisdale, Pence, and Dion" representing their client Mr. Obman I. Nepravda. Mr. Nepravda claims to have patents covering the broadcast of networked online games. They are demanding we license their patents or cease & desist development of ET TV. ET TV is developed on a completely voluntary basis, and when finished ET TV would be distributed completely free of charge. The ET Pro team cannot afford to pay the per-copy license fees Mr. Nepravda is demanding, and regardless of whether these patents are valid or not, the ET Pro team simply does not have the funds to defend ourselves in a costly legal battle. Unfortunately this means the end of ET TV
I know a lot of people were looking forward to ET TV. We were too, but what can you do? Lawyers suck
ET Pro appears safe at the moment, so we will continue our work on that and BayonET.
Last edited by bani on Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Uh, sad news, bani please try it!
Heh. Do you really KNOW if it is a joke?
<[av]bani> yeah, i'm sort of mixed on this
<[av]bani> sort of relieved we don't have another project to worry about
<[av]bani> but it would have been fun
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<zinx> we need to start teh planning on bayonet
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<zinx> you're going to be sad when you find out tomorrow that it's not just a sick joke
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<[av]bani> one less project for us to worry about /o\
<[av]bani> yeah, i'm sort of mixed on this
<[av]bani> sort of relieved we don't have another project to worry about
<[av]bani> but it would have been fun
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<zinx> we need to start teh planning on bayonet
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<zinx> you're going to be sad when you find out tomorrow that it's not just a sick joke
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<[av]bani> one less project for us to worry about /o\
<[av]bani> anything which causes boco pain or suffering is \o/
<[av]bani> guns are cool. just saying the word 'gun' gives me a raging hardon.
<[av]bani> DO NOT MOCK HAPPY FUN BANI
<[av]bani> do not run over happy fun bani
* [NW]reyalP thinks he should write a book... "IP Law for fucking morons"
<KingJackaL> haha
<KingJackaL> I'd buy it : D
<WeblionX> I'd scan every page and put it up as a torrent!
<[av]bani> guns are cool. just saying the word 'gun' gives me a raging hardon.
<[av]bani> DO NOT MOCK HAPPY FUN BANI
<[av]bani> do not run over happy fun bani
* [NW]reyalP thinks he should write a book... "IP Law for fucking morons"
<KingJackaL> haha
<KingJackaL> I'd buy it : D
<WeblionX> I'd scan every page and put it up as a torrent!
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