Duke Nukem Is POOP!
by Steve Gibson, May 31, 2000 3:29pm PDTA few people sent in this article that showed up on PlanetCrap and then made its way over to Slashdot raising a big flame war over the legal agreement that 3Drealms has on their website. I felt it was basic people misinterpreting legal papers that they dont understand and wasnt a big deal. Well BluesNews got an email from Scott Miller of 3DR confirming it:
... We might need to make it more clear that reviews are--of course!--not what concern us (nor could we legally prevent negative reviews--that's patently absurd). It's a web site using our logos next to overly foul, abusive, racist, etc. language or art. For example, we would not allow our logos to be used on a porn site. <snip>So thats it, they arent blocking negative reviews, simply protecting themselves from people using trademarked 3DR stuff on 'Duke Nukem is POOP!' t-shirts. 7pm update: Scott Miller made this post clarifying further the situation, and also has some choice words for Slashdot.
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A few basic facts about that agreement:
[1] It's not a public page (if it is, that's a mistake and needs to be changed). It's simply a page we refer webmasters to if they want to use or logos, trademarks, and illustrations on their web site to decorate their fan page. That's ALL this is about--nothing more.
[2] It's a work-in-progress, and still has typos, etc. This thing is really low priority for us -- ain't a big deal really. Still needs redrafting a few times, I'm sure, to make things more clear.
[3] The sole intent is to allow web sites like www.planetduke.com and www.3dportal.com (and the many DNF sites that will be ramping up soon) to use our art/logos/etc., but only if they don't use this stuff in a way that isn't blantantly inflammatory. This does not include preventing them from posting negative reviews or comments. That's just plain crazy. Also, we're not forcing anyone to sign this. It's, y'know, like optional and stuff.
[4] This doesn't cover screen shots -- I need to make this more clear. Screen shots fall under the same category as free speech. Unfortunately, most people who are in an ignorance-based panic over this agreement don't know this simple fact. ;-)
There are more points, but gotta run...my kid has his first little league game tonight. :-)
Scott Miller, 3DR
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shut up fat boy
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Does Scott know how many calories are in a TABLESPOON of sugar? I know George doesn't...and he doesn't care.
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Heh. What putzes 3DRealms are. Anyway, Old Man Murray long ago raised interesting questions about the origins of Duke Nukem...
http://www.oldmanmurray.com/rna1999-09.wcs
http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r10694.asp
http://www.ant.com/pc_fortress/Reviews/daikatana/daikatana.php3
http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/daikatana.phtml
Doesn't seem to be a game of "middle of the road" opinions, eh?
"This is a Bad Bad Game. It is so bad the offensive Simon & Schuster Interactive ‘Panty Raider’ looks good in comparison. It is so bad that the word Daikatana should be systematically eliminated from all print magazines, websites and newspapers in some Hitler-esque act of gaming Genocide."
Think Evil Avatar was biased at all?
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What's good for business is good for the consumer.
What's good for business is good for the consumer.
(Did they fall for it yet?)
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If(when) the UCITA bill passes in Texas, whether or not 3dRealms USES the power of that bill (and their license agreement) to supress views that are contrary to what 3dRealms wants, is not the point, they still HAVE that power.
So basically, if their was a "review" that told of some sort fatal flaw, with the UCITA law, they could have that review yanked.
Mark my words kiddies, this is only the begining of such things.
http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-4259,00.html?st.gc.pc.b
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