Print Chinese companies get a lot of flak for being cloners and copycats that hit Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V on images and whole chunks of code to create “new” apps or web products. But let’s not forget that perhaps the world’s most notorious cloners these days are two companies that hail not from China, but from...
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Once Again, EA is Trying to be the Big Friend on Video Gaming’s Playground
Owen Good View Profile Email Facebook Twitter AIM Google Plus RSS This little exchange yesterday on Twitter says a lot about why Electronic Arts is suing the Facebook gaming giant Zynga, and how the publishing giant really sees itself in doing so. Nimblebit is the outfit behind Tiny Tower, which Zynga blatantly ripped off...
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EA Suing Zynga over ‘The Ville’
As it was with Tiny Tower, so it shall be again. Electronic Arts announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Zynga, claiming that the Words with Friends publisher has committed copyright infringement with their new game, The Ville. As can be seen pretty clearly by the image below, Zynga’s The Ville looks awfully similar to EA’s The...
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EA sues Zynga for copyright infringement
Electronic Arts is suing Zynga for copyright infringement, claiming the social gaming giant copied one of their games. According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in California, EA alleges Zynga’s new Facebook game The Ville is an “unmistakable copy” of The Sims Social. “The similarities go well beyond any superficial resemblance,” says...
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EA files copyright complaint against Zynga over ‘The Ville’
Saturday, August 4, 2012 ... more at article source
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EA sues Zynga for copyright infrigement, cites Tiny Tower
EA has dropped a lawsuit on Zynga’s doorstep, claiming that one of Zynga’s latest Facebook games, called The Ville, is essentially an infringing copy of EA’s popular The Sims. You can read through the entire complaint at Scribd. What’s most interesting about this whole case — other than two companies fussing over whose millions...
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OP-ED: Hoping for a Positive Outcome From EA’s Lawsuit Against Zynga
Two of the industry’s biggest companies are set to square off in court as Electronic Arts has filed a lawsuit alleging that Zynga’s Facebook title The Ville has “copied and misappropriated” elements of EA-published Facebook game The Sims Social. Since its initial reveal, The Ville has been summed up by many as Zynga’s version...
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Zynga Looks Incredibly Overvalued
Zynga (ZNGA) is a game developer known primarily for creating popular casual games designed for social media platforms such as Facebook (FB), as well as standalone games for mobile devices such as “Angry Birds”. The company’s market capitalization currently sits at a cool $5.20B as of last close. I believe that this company is...
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Zynga buys Draw Something dev for $200m
By Tamoor Hussain for computerandvideogames.com OMGPOP, makers of wonderful time-eater Draw Something, has been snapped up by casual game giant Zynga. The studio has rocketed to stardom thanks to its asynchronous pictionary game, which has racked up an impressive 30 million downloads in just five weeks. According to Facebook, OMGPOP’s app has also reached...
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