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by arrrg 4429 days ago
Does the public care about this? I really don’t think so. This is a case about some boring legalities. I really can’t see it having any impact on how Carmack is viewed.

There are probably many other situation in which that is not the case, but here I really can’t see anything bad happening as a consequence of Carmack not responding publicly.
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dnissley 4429 days ago
What about gamers? They are their customers, and they can be a fickle bunch under the right circumstances. A recent example could be the reaction to the DRM in the latest sim city, and other games. A counterexample however could be EA, which most gamers loathe but continues to sell plenty of games. (Edit: Although now that I actually look it up EA is behind sim city. So who knows.)
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arrrg 4429 days ago
Gamers don’t care at all about people stealing IP. They don’t have a problem with it.
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prof_hobart 4429 days ago
About this - possibly not.

About other things that people, particularly celebs, are taken to court for - absolutely.

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