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RE: So which is it?
not to mention Mythic only wants the name changed and/or something somewhere where people can see it that draws a difference between the two. The fact that they were forwarned about a lawsuit and chose not to do anything just goes to show that MS didn't care that they were about to be sued over it. When a company says "we're going to sue you" and you don't do anything to stop it, it's almost as if you don't care.

Don't forget the magic of a small asterix on the cover with a small footnote denoting the difference between the two.

The defence that Mythic is the company and Mythica is a game isn't really that strong, what's to stop someone from assuming that Mythic made a game named after itself, I mean after all several of the elements are still there, looks just like a game they'd make, companies have done it before...

The Lindows thing is different, since you can't copyright "windows" and Lindows is more for the effect of a descriptive name than an actual dig into MS sales.
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one sided  dg mh | 12/22/03
Not So Fast...  cmh510@... | 12/22/03
Another frivolous lawsuit..  Mike Cox | 12/22/03
You mean like the Lindows lawsuit?  Suicida| | 12/22/03
Without a shred of proof?  IT_User | 12/22/03
Did you forget about Sony?  copygod74 | 12/23/03
They've got a point  el1jones | 12/22/03
Really  tic swayback | 12/22/03
As I said Below...  Delaware Boy | 12/22/03
nope!  DarbyOhara | 12/23/03
Actually...  schauffler | 12/23/03
MS Cannot have both ways  Kamakazii | 12/22/03
Wrong!  vdraken | 12/22/03
and...  ryusen | 12/22/03
Hmmmm  DarbyOhara | 12/23/03
Small Difference Here, though.  Delaware Boy | 12/22/03
Microsoft will win by losing  BruceWheelock@... | 12/22/03
Re: Microsoft will win by losing  El.Gato@... | 12/22/03
So which is it?  rapson | 12/22/03
RE: So which is it?  support@... | 12/22/03
RE: So which is it?  Martin Marvinski | 12/22/03
RE: So which is it?  thmnetwork | 12/22/03
Big BIG Differance  nite_w0lf | 12/22/03
Not really...  Patrick Jones | 12/23/03
It's Absurd  cmh510@... | 12/22/03
It's not absurd  copygod74 | 12/23/03
It's Absurd - - - Microsoft NEVER stole anyones IP ! ! ! . . . wink  Plain Logic | 12/22/03
It's Absurd - - - - But the Lindows Suit - Now, that's a REAL case...  Plain Logic | 12/22/03
Microsoft 'Quality'  myndlon@... | 12/22/03
It really does not matter what Microsoft does anymore  lenohere | 12/23/03
Another Fringe Benifit  nite_w0lf | 12/23/03
Don't you hate when companies buy other comp  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Just call it Lithica, if Lindows can, MS probably  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Now, these guys are Bungie right  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Guess I'll just have to email Bungie  FilledOut | 01/02/04

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