Arguello - he's the one on the right
People love suing games firms. They have a lot of money and make the mistakes an industry barely two decades old will make. However, this time, the man suing Electronic Arts, Sony and Nintendo is none other than Alexis Arguello, a hall of fame boxer.
The case stems from what Arguello claims is unlicensed use of his name and likeness in several Knockout Kings games. The case against Nintendo relates to the Nintendo 64 title Knockout Kings 2000.
Arguello is not a man to be messed with. He became the World Lightweight Boxing Champion 1981 and in 1992 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. When he retired in 1995 his record stood at 80 victories from 88 bouts with 64 of those by knockout.
We have expensive front row seats for this one and we'll bring you commentary as this particular match unfolds.
The case stems from what Arguello claims is unlicensed use of his name and likeness in several Knockout Kings games. The case against Nintendo relates to the Nintendo 64 title Knockout Kings 2000.
Arguello is not a man to be messed with. He became the World Lightweight Boxing Champion 1981 and in 1992 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. When he retired in 1995 his record stood at 80 victories from 88 bouts with 64 of those by knockout.
We have expensive front row seats for this one and we'll bring you commentary as this particular match unfolds.
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nickeedoo 30 Mar 2004 12:32
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How can he sue Nintendo when the game was made by EA? It's like suing Toshiba because their product plays a DVD created by someone else which Toshiba had no control over?
It's not up to Nintendo to know whether EA have the rights to use a likeness or trademark or whatever.
Clearly the act of someone in it to get as much as possible, not for the principle of the matter.
It's not up to Nintendo to know whether EA have the rights to use a likeness or trademark or whatever.
Clearly the act of someone in it to get as much as possible, not for the principle of the matter.
ray_tugley 30 Mar 2004 12:33
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Good luck Senor Arguello, in your fight with EA. Alexis was my Short Tennis partner at Eton, a jolly nice fellow who made a mean Bloody Mary and had an eye for the ladies. Lovely, bushy mustache too.
SPInGSPOnG 30 Mar 2004 16:19
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nickeedoo wrote:
>How can he sue Nintendo when the game was made by
>EA? It's like suing Toshiba because their product
>plays a DVD created by someone else which Toshiba
>had no control over?
Dude, I'm not 100% sure you are right there, but I am 100% certain that your analogy misses the mark by some wide margin.
The thing is Toshiba do not demand to see and evaluate every CD before they allow it to be played on their hardware. Nor do they take a royalty from each and every copy sold.
But Nintendo DO have approval of every N64 and GameCube game. So your analogy does not stand.
However, Companies publishing games on the Ninteno platform almost certainly sign a contract asserting their rights to the published material and holding Nintendo free from liability in the events such as this law suit. So I'd guess that Nintendo will walk, but EA will get shafted up the chocolate superhighway. But hey, they can afford it, and they've never been particularly tolerant of copyright theft.
>How can he sue Nintendo when the game was made by
>EA? It's like suing Toshiba because their product
>plays a DVD created by someone else which Toshiba
>had no control over?
Dude, I'm not 100% sure you are right there, but I am 100% certain that your analogy misses the mark by some wide margin.
The thing is Toshiba do not demand to see and evaluate every CD before they allow it to be played on their hardware. Nor do they take a royalty from each and every copy sold.
But Nintendo DO have approval of every N64 and GameCube game. So your analogy does not stand.
However, Companies publishing games on the Ninteno platform almost certainly sign a contract asserting their rights to the published material and holding Nintendo free from liability in the events such as this law suit. So I'd guess that Nintendo will walk, but EA will get shafted up the chocolate superhighway. But hey, they can afford it, and they've never been particularly tolerant of copyright theft.