In a lawsuit disclosed just today, Beijing-based software company Founder Group has filed a lawsuit against Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of the "World of Warcraft," and WoW's local operator in China for allegedly using its Chinese character fonts illegally. Founder Group's lawsuit seeks $13.2 million in damages, company spokesman Song Zhenying said Friday. The Chinese version of "World of Warcraft," run by Shanghai-based The9 Ltd., uses five Chinese character fonts developed by Founder without authorization, Song said. Founder employees discovered the alleged violations while playing the game. The9 spokesman James Zhao said the company's lawyers are still studying the lawsuit and that he had no further comment; Blizzard didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment. Currently, a court date has not been set.
View: Full Story on SiliconValley.com
View: Full Story on SiliconValley.com
Ha.
Most amusing.
13mil in damage for 5 characters? i doubt they'd ever make that much even with all their characters combined
5 Character fonts, not just 5 characters
Regardz
No, I mean blizzard. It's their property, The9 just runs the servers.
How often do you look at fonts and think "Hey, I recognise that!"?
How often do you look at fonts and think "Hey, I recognise that!"?
Um.. all the time. Being a graphic designer in the massive industry it is, it is a necessity to know your fonts.
As a note, go have a look how much a character font costs. A lot of time goes into creating a font, as every single letter has to be designed obviously.
Even better, google for the Helvetica Family fonts or Gill Sans...
How often do you look at fonts and think "Hey, I recognise that!"?
Um.. all the time. Being a graphic designer in the massive industry it is, it is a necessity to know your fonts.
As a note, go have a look how much a character font costs. A lot of time goes into creating a font, as every single letter has to be designed obviously.
Even better, google for the Helvetica Family fonts or Gill Sans...
Why do you think all those font designers have WoW accounts? They may have lives, ya know. Like Blizzard employees, "WoW accounts? Hell no! We have lives." (from South Park)
Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!
Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.