ET TV Cancelled :-(

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ET TV Cancelled :-(

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The ET Pro team is sad to announce that ET TV has been cancelled.:cry:


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. 8)
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I'll scan the letter when I get access to a scanner...
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Someone suggested we go to ID/Activision for legal support. I'm investigating that now... will let everyone know what happens.
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NO!

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Uh, sad news, bani please try it!
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Post by BOTA »

Patents will be the downfall of all of humanity...
Their are uses for patents.
But certainly software patents are nothing less then seriously destructive to the world of man and woman.
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Post by Force »

Lol April fool!!!!! :lol:
If you are really believing this then im a buny
So for the people how believed this :shock:
Wel nice april fool but not very realistic.
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Post by BOTA »

Jeez is it April already?
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i fucking hate april 1st, fucking hate it
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Post by Boco »

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> 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!
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Post by Spoofeh »

Mr. Nepravda!

:lol:
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Post by Kamel »

bah, it should not be legal to put a patent on broadcasting of any sort. =\
"Common sense isn't very common."
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Post by Demanufacturer »

this is an april fools joke right? >_>
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april, april ... I hate it :}
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Post by alex247 »

If this is a joke, this would be the second time I gotten caugh today! I'm too blonde! :lol:
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Post by christa »

ever heard of APRIL's FOOL??? :lol:
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