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Atari’s Legal Team Attacking iPhone “Breakout” Clones
Atari’s Legal Team Attacking iPhone “Breakout” Clones
It appears that Atari’s legal team has kicked into action and is demanding the removal of at least three iPhone games, and likely more. iPhone developer Bootant had posted yesterday in our forums that Atari had requested the removal of BreakClassic [App Store] and BreakTouch 3D [App ...
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iPhone Breakout Knockoffs Being Nastygrammed By Atari [Breakout Clone]
Gizmodo — ... from the game developer to remove their apps from the iPhone App Store. So far touchArcade says BreakClassic, BreakTouch 3D and Super Pong 2 have all been targeted, which is similar to the situation where the Tetris knockoff Tris was also pulled due to the Tetris company. On a similar note, the lightsaber app PhoneSaber was removed by request of Lucas Arts, and went back with new art assets and official help. We don't think Atari will be so kind. [TouchArcade via ...

Atari exige remoção de clones dos seus jogos da iPhone App Store
MacMagazine — Dois desenvolvedores de jogos para iPhones/iPods touch no estilo de Breakout estão sendo intimados a remover seus games da App Store. Aparentemente, a Atari Interactive alega que títulos como BreakClassic e BreakTouch 3D — da bootant — e SuperPong 2 — da Spiffyware — “infringem copyrights de Pong e Breakout.” De início, o que os acusados fizeram foi renomear os seus títulos para BlocksClassic, BlocksTouch 3D e SuperBall 2, respectivamente. Como ambos são estudantes ...

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