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Law. Law always changes, and it’s honestly a bit of a nightmare. Last Friday, Gearbox Software filed a suit against Apogee Software, the owners ofDuke Nukem 3Ddevelopers* 3D Realms. Gearbox bought theDuke Nukemfranchise off ‘em back in 2010, and now they’re accusing 3D Realms of failing to mention that they didn’t own the copyright to some of the game’s music.
Prince filed his lawsuit last year, following 2016’s expanded re-releaseDuke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour- he says they didn’t ask for his permission and aren’t paying him any money, which violated their (individually very fiddly) contract. He’s suing Valve too because they allowed it to be sold on Steam.
Right then. Here’s some of what I just said, but in the suits’ own official law words (according to PC Gamer):
Gearbox are also seeking compensation in the event that Prince’s claim is ruled legitimate, given that Gearbox “has incurred actual damages equal to the difference in value of what 3D Realms agreed to transfer to Gearbox and what Gearbox actually deserved.”
I do feel more for the individual who may not have been paid properly, rather than the abstract entities suffering whatever corpo-sums are tied into the above.
