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Game Developer tries to sue Steam gamers

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Dec 4, 2010
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Game Developer tries to sue Steam gamers

... for essentially giving them a bad review.

I was watching a video on worst games of 2016 and came across Digital Homicide, ironic name, who tried to sue steam gamers who gave them bad ratings and panned their games. They have since declared bankruptcy but it's funny as hell. Their game looks like it's from the 90s.

http://steamed.kotaku.com/digital-homic ... 1787361452

It's a few months old but it's still funny.
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Deal Addict
Jul 14, 2010
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These same guys still have an active suit against Jim Sterling for detailing/reporting on their shitty asset flipping business model.
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Ascott wrote: These same guys still have an active suit against Jim Sterling for detailing/reporting on their shitty asset flipping business model.

Yeah it'd mentioned in the linked article. I guess gamers are really discerning these days because to behoves it doesn't look half bad. I wouldn't mind if it were free though.
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Supercooled wrote: ... for essentially giving them a bad review.

I was watching a video on worst games of 2016 and came across Digital Homicide, ironic name, who tried to sue steam gamers who gave them bad ratings and panned their games. They have since declared bankruptcy but it's funny as hell. Their game looks like it's from the 90s.

http://steamed.kotaku.com/digital-homic ... 1787361452

It's a few months old but it's still funny.
LOL they should have called it Digital Suicide, 'cause it seems that;s exactly what they did here.
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I'm more surprised this doesn't happen more often .. because a lawyer could argue a bad review prevents them from making sales. If you engage in an act that prevents a business from generating revenue in other ways you would be.
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Reviews are protected in most of the developed world. Most lawyers wouldn't touch this type of thing with a fifteen foot pole as a result. Digital Homicides owners filed this suit Pro Se.
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Redmask wrote: Their lawsuit against Jim Sterling just got tossed out of court which is fantastic.
They settled out of court so that case was dismissed. No legal precedence.


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Ascott wrote: Reviews are protected in most of the developed world. Most lawyers wouldn't touch this type of thing with a fifteen foot pole as a result. Digital Homicides owners filed this suit Pro Se.
Generally speaking, personal opinions of things are protected while false statements are not. For example, "This game is boring!" would almost always be protected, whereas "this game made my computer stop working!" wouldn't (if it was a lie).

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