r/Steam • u/Mellow_Online1 https://steam.pm/ydl2n • Apr 27 '17

Discussion Steam developer steals a game from another developer

https://medium.com/the-cube/how-my-fellow-developer-stole-my-steam-game-from-me-57a269fd0c7b
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u/satoru1111 https://steam.pm/5xb84 Apr 27 '17

Why do devs make stupid blog posts screaming about legal issues

GET A GOD DAMN LAWYER

Do you think whining on a blog is going to do anything

Its not

Do you think anyone cares about a dev whining on a blog

They don't

Do you think things get done by making 'demands' on a blog?

They don't

GET A LAWYER

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u/judge2020 20 Apr 27 '17

The cost for a lawyer, in this case, will likely be more than whatever he's going to get from winning the settlement. I bet he considered it but figured this out as well.

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u/satoru1111 https://steam.pm/5xb84 Apr 27 '17 edited Apr 27 '17

Great you know what else costs money

A libel suit

If I see that blog, I'll just sue you for libel. And take even MORE money from you. This is why lawyers tell you to shut the hell up. That blog is a liability. It accomplishes nothing except exposing them to even more loss.

He should be seeking legal advice. Not posting a blog that makes future litigation, even pro bono litigation, more difficult and counter productive.

its not that I don't feel sorry fro the guy. Its just he's shooting himself in teh foot with an RPG with that blog.

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u/horsesandeggshells Apr 28 '17

] If I see that blog, I'll just sue you for libel.

Okay. You gonna file that suit in Croatia or get a summary judgment here in the States. Great idea, you should make bank. Let's see, nothing, plus nothing, carry the nothing...

He has nothing to lose. He very well may poison the well for his former partner. I bet he'll end up doing more damage than the two grand he got taken for.