More bad news for Zynga with this time EA suing the company over claims of copyright infringement concerning the Sims franchise EA owns.
The issue revolves around Zynga's The Ville game which EA and Maxis claim is a direct copy of their Sims franchise with Will Wright himself leading the push for the lawsuit.
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As outlined in our complaint, when The Ville was introduced in June 2012, the infringement of The Sims Social was unmistakable to those of us at Maxis as well as to players and the industry at large. The similarities go well beyond any superficial resemblance. Zynga’s design choices, animations, visual arrangements and character motions and actions have been directly lifted from The Sims Social. The copying was so comprehensive that the two games are, to an uninitiated observer, largely indistinguishable. Scores of media and bloggers commented on the blatant mimicry.
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Zynga, of course, disagrees, and issued a statement pushing back on EA’s claims not long after news of the lawsuit became public.
“It’s unfortunate that EA thought that this was an appropriate response to our game, and clearly demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic copyright principles,” said Zynga general counsel Reggie Davis. “It’s also ironic that EA brings this suit shortly after launching SimCity Social which bears an uncanny resemblance to Zynga’s CityVille game. Nonetheless, we plan to defend our rights to the fullest extent possible and intend to win with players.”
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EA also wants the lawsuit to carry severe penalties both to stop Zynga from copying other companies game ideas and as a symbolic way to "settle the score" from other developers who have been upset at Zynga's tactics for years (without actually giving them any money should EA win).
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/uh-oh-...st-zynga/4314/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ver-the-ville/
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Daily Recap:
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http://www.screwattack.com/news/moja...bout-windows-8
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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-10-years/
http://kotaku.com/5931511/how-the-wi...e-mmo-roll-out