![]() While we have great respect for the indie developer community and greatly appreciate the enthusiasm that they have for our renowned properties, we need to vigorously protect our intellectual property and ensure that it is represented in highly innovative games. In response to a query by Develop, Atari brushed off any concerns by stating little more than, "We need to protect our IP". What makes this even worse is Atari's attitude about the take downs. ![]() This is the current world of the DMCA, where in order for a platform to avoid liability, it resorts to a shoot first, ask questions later philosophy. This is the type of world we live in today, where the claims of a copyright holder are taken at face value and no chance for a rebuttal is given to the victims. The fact that Apple was complacent and cooperative in all of this is also troubling. It looks as though Apple complied without so much as a rebuttal or independent evaluation.Ītari decided that because it was no longer able to compete in a fair market, it would clear the market of any perceived competition. So – thanks to their special relationship with Apple – Atari has successfully scrubbed the app store of their perceived competition. However, even Black Powder's best efforts to avoid copyright infringement were not enough for Atari.Īnything that has even a passing resemblance to an Atari classic has been issued a copyright infringement claim. Black Powder tried to make it unique and were fairly successful at it. These guys wanted to pay homage to the classic arcade game Battlezone and made Vector Tanks in its image. Like many people who love the culture of their childhood, they want to pay homage to that memory.Įnter Black Powder Media, the makers of the iOS game Vector Tanks. It knows that a number of developers today grew up playing the Atari 2600 and have fond memories of those games. Atari's latest owners recognize the value of its legacy portfolio. Not just any trolling, but copyright trolling. It has never been able to regain that household name status of its wonder years and like all obsolete companies it has fallen to the only thing left to do, trolling. Eventually, it became nothing more than a name and a legacy portfolio. ![]() ![]() It has been sold and resold many times over the last 3 decades. After several failed consoles, it fell into obscurity. While the rest of the gaming world moved on after the video game renaissance, Atari was not able to keep pace with the new generation of consoles and games. The inability for Atari to rectify the problem ended up with gaming lying on its death bed. Even though Atari was king of the world, it was not able to manage the prospect of home gaming very well and the market became saturated with terrible games that were extremely overpriced. That was until the video game crash of the 80s. It was the manufacturer of the first mainstream home video game console and was making a ton of money. A long, long time ago, Atari was king of the gaming world. ![]()
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