Valve Games defeats Vivendi
p2pnet.net News:- Valve Games says its suit against Vivendi Universal Games in August 2002 has been upheld by a US court, but several other cases remain outstanding.
The complaint claims VU Games, or Sierra On-Line, as it then was, breached its contract with Valve by placing copies of the company’s games in cyber cafes around the world, says GamesIndustry.biz.
“The US Federal District Court in Seattle has now upheld that complaint, confirming that Vivendi’s actions fell outside the terms of its license for Valve’s products and that as such, the publisher was breaching copyright by distributing the games to cyber cafes,” says the story.
However, it adds, damages, if any, have yet to be decided and in the meanwhile, Valve is still waiting to hear judgements on other breach of contract claims related to alleged unpaid royalties and the delay of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero past Christmas 2003, “while Vivendi has counter-sued with allegations that Valve misled the publisher regarding the development of the Steam online distribution system”.
“If you run a cybercafe or other gaming venue, Valve makes it easy for you to bring our games to your customers,” says Valve on its web page.
“There are currently over 800 gaming venues in our program, and more are signing up every day. Valve’s cybercafé program is the only legal way to use Valve games in your cybercafé or gaming center.”
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See:-
Sierra On-Line – Valve wins case against Vivendi, GamesIndustry.biz, November 30, 2004
