Wired has an article about how Marvel is suing NCSoft for copywrite infringment. OMG.. I hate giant corporations. I seriously hope NCSoft wins.

Next we’ll have Sony and Blizzard being sued by the Wizards of the Coast (current owners of D&D), or all of them being sued by J.R.R. Tolkein’s family.

From the article:

The complaint says that the “defendants have created, marketed, distributed and provided a host environment for a game that ‘brings the world of comic books alive,’ not by the creation of new or original characters but, instead, by directly, contributorily and vicariously infringing upon Marvel copyrights and trademarks.”
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“Asking City of Heroes to police their users to ensure that they don’t replicate Marvel characters is like asking a school to police its students to make sure none of them show up for Halloween in a homemade Spider-Man costume,” said Cory Doctorow, a renowned writer and advocate for free speech and fair use. “It’s unreasonable bullying, and it is bad corporate citizenship.”
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“It might have a fundamental effect on the shape of video games and virtual worlds,” Noveck said, “and whether they’re places that are closed platforms or whether they’re open platforms that allow for players’ content creation.”

How very very sad.