Comments on: Last Chance to Download 'Tris'. Getting Pulled. http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:41:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Oscar parrilla http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-4831 Oscar parrilla Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:17:21 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-4831 hey dudes can anyone give me a copy of the TRIS GAME? PLZ? hit me up on myspace if you can thanks! i love this freaking game! makes the original tetris look like a joke. hey dudes can anyone give me a copy of the TRIS GAME? PLZ? hit me up on myspace if you can thanks! i love this freaking game! makes the original tetris look like a joke.

]]> By: Eric http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-3644 Eric Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:43:44 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-3644 Is there any way to get Tris back?? Is there any way to get Tris back??

]]> By: Fat Phil http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-3625 Fat Phil Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:24:21 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-3625 Copyright law doesn't protect a concept, but rather appearance and name (the branding). He could fix this by simply replacing the coloured cubes with spheres or alternate shapes. I get pretty narked when I see lazy clones (like the recent Tempest clone), but there's enough space out there for improving on ideas and providing choice, which is precisely what the law permits. Making a decent game is a lot of effort - shame to waste all that by taking the easy road. Copyright law doesn't protect a concept, but rather appearance and name (the branding).

He could fix this by simply replacing the coloured cubes with spheres or alternate shapes.

I get pretty narked when I see lazy clones (like the recent Tempest clone), but there's enough space out there for improving on ideas and providing choice, which is precisely what the law permits.

Making a decent game is a lot of effort – shame to waste all that by taking the easy road.

]]> By: Hugo http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-3191 Hugo Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:08:59 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-3191 hey Dan thank you for the download, but is asking me to get it authorize and to input your itunes password, please help. hey Dan thank you for the download, but is asking me to get it authorize and to input your itunes password, please help.

]]> By: Bingo http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2483 Bingo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:44:09 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2483 Thank You Dan...You Da'Man! (couldn't resist!) Thank You Dan…You Da'Man! (couldn't resist!)

]]> By: Clara http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2461 Clara Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:19:37 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2461 I got Tris before it was pulled and from the hype I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, it doesn't rotate the pieces correctly. This drives me nuts :( I got Tris before it was pulled and from the hype I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, it doesn't rotate the pieces correctly. This drives me nuts :(

]]> By: Bingo http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2318 Bingo Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:53:55 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2318 Any way to still get it? It has apparently been pulled before I could grab it... Any way to still get it? It has apparently been pulled before I could grab it…

]]> By: Fraser http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2240 Fraser Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:50:41 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2240 Does anyone realize who controls the Tetris company? The original creator of the game. It's not just some faceless corporation, he has every right to defend the property rights that have been abused for so long by both his country and countless companies over these years. Does anyone realize who controls the Tetris company? The original creator of the game. It's not just some faceless corporation, he has every right to defend the property rights that have been abused for so long by both his country and countless companies over these years.

]]> By: Easy Writer http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2238 Easy Writer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:22:04 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2238 I should also mention that "copyright" doesn't extend to software concepts. That's why we always have to agree to those stupid "shrinkwrap" licences (you know, the scroll to the bottom and click OK things). It's basically a private contract between the software vendor and you. I should also mention that "copyright" doesn't extend to software concepts. That's why we always have to agree to those stupid "shrinkwrap" licences (you know, the scroll to the bottom and click OK things). It's basically a private contract between the software vendor and you.

]]> By: Easy Writer http://toucharcade.com/2008/08/25/last-chance-for-get-tris-getting-pulled/#comment-2237 Easy Writer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:20:18 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=523#comment-2237 The guys who hold the Tetris license have been sue happy forever. The problem is that they use the threat of litigation to over-extend a basic trademark right to work like a patent right in order to keep the concept of a Tetris-like game all to themselves. That is illegal. But they get away with it because the nice guys who make tetris clones can't be bothered to go through the legal process. Personally, if I were an intellectual property lawyer, I'd volunteer my time on this case to resolve it once and for all. It would only take a day in court to get a precedent on the books. Then we'd all be free from the Tetris a$$holes for good. As for Apple, they are being wussies. Unless the Tetris company gets an injunction against the distribution of the tetris clone while litigation is underway, Apple should just keep on distributing it. But if they did that, the games author would probably ask them to pull it for him. :) The guys who hold the Tetris license have been sue happy forever. The problem is that they use the threat of litigation to over-extend a basic trademark right to work like a patent right in order to keep the concept of a Tetris-like game all to themselves. That is illegal. But they get away with it because the nice guys who make tetris clones can't be bothered to go through the legal process.

Personally, if I were an intellectual property lawyer, I'd volunteer my time on this case to resolve it once and for all. It would only take a day in court to get a precedent on the books. Then we'd all be free from the Tetris a$$holes for good.

As for Apple, they are being wussies. Unless the Tetris company gets an injunction against the distribution of the tetris clone while litigation is underway, Apple should just keep on distributing it. But if they did that, the games author would probably ask them to pull it for him. :)

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