Cita:    As outlined in our complaint, when The Ville was introduced in June 2012, the infringement of The Sims Social was unmistakable to those of us at Maxis as well as to players and the industry at large. The similarities go well beyond any superficial resemblance. Zynga's design choices, animations, visual arrangements and character motions and actions have been directly lifted from The Sims Social. The copying was so comprehensive that the two games are, to an uninitiated observer, largely indistinguishable. Scores of media and bloggers commented on the blatant mimicry.

    This is a case of principle. Maxis isn't the first studio to claim that Zynga copied its creative product. But we are the studio that has the financial and corporate resources to stand up and do something about it. Infringing a developer's copyright is not an acceptable practice in game development. By calling Zynga out on this illegal practice, we hope to have a secondary effect of protecting the rights of other creative studios who don't have the resources to protect themselves.

    Today, we hope to be taking a stand that helps the industry protect the value of original creative works and those that work tirelessly to create them.

Cita:┬á ┬á We are committed to creating the most fun, innovative, social and engaging games in every major genre that our players enjoy.The Ville is the newest game in our ÔÇÿville' franchise ÔÇô it builds on every major innovation from our existing invest-and-express games dating back to YoVille and continuing through CityVille and CastleVille, and introduces a number of new social features and game mechanics not seen in social games today.

    It's unfortunate that EA thought that this was an appropriate response to our game, and clearly demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic copyright principles. It's also ironic that EA brings this suit shortly after launching SimCity Social which bears an uncanny resemblance to Zynga's CityVille game. Nonetheless, we plan to defend our rights to the fullest extent possible and intend to win with players.

kotaku

Que se peguen, que se peguen...  :

Dos cánceres en un mismo pleito. No creo que pueda apostar por quién gana.

Aquí tenéis los documentos finales que ha presentado EA por el plagio de Zynga.

Según EA, "The Ville" de Zynga, no solo copia el gameplay de "The Sims Social", sino que copia los gestos, las expresiones, los elementos únicos se "The Sims Social", las animaciones, las acciones de los personajes, etc, etc.

También dicen que en 2012, un pequeño desarrollador llamado Nimblebit, acusó a un juego de Zynga, Dream Heights, de ser una copia de Tiny Tower de Nimblebit y el desarrollador Bufalo Studios alegó que Bingo, de Zynga, es una copia de Bingo Blitz de Buffalo Studios.





Hay muchas pruebas y material gráfico en el documento, os dejo algunas imágenes:

Bueno, para mi lo más obvio es la publicidad en facebook estilo

"Los sims son una mierda, juega the Vile!"

Ojala quiebren las dos xD

(03-08-2012 19:56)Bart_10 link escribió:Dos cánceres en un mismo pleito. No creo que pueda apostar por quién gana.

Iba a decir gane quien gane, nosotros perdemos. O, Gameloft: (risas). Pero, por extraño que parezca, el único pleito por plagio que le recuerdo a EA fue contra el que registró la palabra Edge y se dedicó a querer cobrarle a todo el mundo que la usara.