Mad78 Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Xfire is a small messaging program a bit like MSN but specially designed for gamers who want to organise games with their mates fast and easily.http://www.xfire.com What i find disgusting is that Yahoo! have filled a lawsuit against the small compagny because they believe that it is copying the idea of Yahoo! games (or something like that) which was a program meant to allow players to know what other players were playing... on the Yahoo games server ie if they were playing tetris, dominoes, blackjack,... or any other mini games that yahoo! offered but no really games (Counterstrike, UT2004, Warcraft, Rebellion,...)What do you think? http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance
Darth-Griffin Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 I would say that Yahoo have no right to complain unless Xfire have used their programming without consent. That would still be piracy and then they should sue them. However if they are just moaning about some competition (however remote) then they have no right to complain. Competition is good for the consumer after all http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2350/darth1b3bu.jpgVisit the forums > The Galactic Core Forums
BadSamaritan Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Yahoo..... is one of the crappiest serach engines out there, with one of the least reliable chat services. Their email sucks, their games are all boring, and there servers are slow as dirt. They have no room to complain, they have enough problems of their own. I once knew a great man. Nothing got to him, and he always smiled. May he forever rest in peace, knowing fully well that his freinds shall remember him.
Grand_Admiral_Thrawn Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 There are a lot of lawsuits like this going on right now. Marvel is sueing (sp?) NCSoft for City of Heroes because it allows you ot make characters similar to their copyrighted material... but then, can you copyright claws, body hair, and lasers? Yahoo! is just trying to scare the competition, or look for some easy money (Google is doing much better). Nothing will come of it I'm sure. History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up with it will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all.
Guest JediIgor Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Well, Gamespy arcade had that thing Yahoo is suing Xfire for a long time before Xfire even existed, soooo (I believe it's the feature that lets you see what your buddies are playing and where) Though I can't say I agree with Xfire either, they should open source the thing
Mad78 Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 The way Yahoo may win this is financially. Forcing XFire to go bankrupt in the lawsuit. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance
Pierre Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Does anyone know how to add SW Rebellion to Xfiles installed games ? Pierre, Always up for a rebellion game, Hardly waiting for a rebellion 2.
bobandrubert Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 LONG LIVE XIFRE! yahoo teh sucks. Xfire said they could look at the osurse code but yahoo refused.
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