Where's the (stolen) beef?

[yendi]

Fuddruckers steals someone else's game. And doesn't cover their tracks too well.

Fucking hysterical. I so needed this after today. Read the article, then click over to the company's website before they catch on to the slight change that he made. :-)

Comments

[ketzl.livejournal.com]

OMG I thought your post was about Fuddruckers poaching! I actually thought 'wow that's irresponsible of a major corporation, stealing somebody's cows' until I figured it out.

[windswept.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

[jocosa]

That guy is awesome. And damn, Firefox allowed ALL the popups. Had to close em quick while not making any eye contact with the screen. :(

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

I'll be quite curious to see what Data East thinks of his "ownership" if they catch wind of this. If I recall, the game's not quite in the public domain yet.

[yendi]

Someone else mentioned that in the comment thread, but he hasn't responded (and he's not claiming ownership of the copyright so much as of the bandwith and programming that Fudd swiped). That said, if he gets a C-and-D, I suspect he will probably pull it offline. Now, Fuddruckers running Burgertime off their site as if they had the rights to it might also merit some nasty attention.

[ninjakitten]

I missed the 'change' (and am probably glad, as I can't stomach those kinds of photos) but it now points to Google... think they caught it. ;)

I made a longer commenton the guy's journal, to the effect of: in a way it's an understandable mistake they made, but as a commercial entity they should've known better. Not the most mature way to deal with it, but stylish. ;)