On: Electronic Arts Sues Zynga, Says The Ville Is An “Unmistakable Copy” Of The Sims

[ajross]

Zynga is vile. But they're the good guys here, without argument. The idea that you can protect a game genre is nonsense, and terribly damaging. Imagine if Id sued Epic or Valve to kill Unreal and HL2? Imagine if Blizzard killed all the competing RTS? Imagine if Sony killed WoW?

[dag11 → ajross]

It's not the genre that was copied, it was the exact behavior and appearance of the game.

Read this, or at least view the comparison images: http://www.scribd.com/doc/101954002/EA-v-Zynga-Complaint-Fin...

[ceejayoz → dag11]

Wow, that's pretty remarkable. They even copied the RGB values for the possible character skin tones.

[quaunaut → ajross]

This isn't about stealing from 'The Sims' franchise. It's stealing from the Facebook game, 'The Sims Social'. It's direct, not a matter of genre copyright.

[kevingadd → ajross]

Read the complaint. It's about blatant, element-for-element theft of creative expression, not about claiming ownership of a game genre.