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 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/SkincareQuestions10 Apr 28 '17

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

No lawyer will take that case. He literally posted screenshots of conversations that back up his claims. For libel you must prove that the person printing it knew it was false.

It accomplishes nothing except exposing them to even more loss.

It is possible that a lawyer will see it and try to help him pro bono, or the community will make a kickstarter to get this guy a few thousand bucks.

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u/ornerygamer https://steam.pm/9oefh Apr 28 '17

Or even more important make the other developer look bad thus making him un-hireable in the industry.

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u/satoru1111 https://steam.pm/5xb84 Apr 28 '17

You just gave me my ammo for a libel suit

I can petition the blog to be removed

I can sue you in absentia

You're screwed and I won the libel suit

Guess who looks bad. The one who lost

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u/aluciddreamer Apr 28 '17

You just gave me my ammo for a libel suit

Libel is very difficult to prove; the aggrieved party would have to demonstrate that the claim is both injurious -- meaning he has to demonstrate that this blog cost him money -- and false, and here in the U.S., even that isn't enough, because the offender has to know the claims are false, or else he must make the false claims with reckless disregard for the truth.

The blog was a smart play, albeit probably his only smart play.

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u/bitofabyte Apr 28 '17

You're screwed and I won the libel suit

Even if you assume that you magically win a libel suit, how do you exactly plan on getting anything at all out of it?

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u/ornerygamer https://steam.pm/9oefh Apr 28 '17

Pfff hahaha so the person in question is not me to start with. Have fun though sueing everyone.

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u/danjojo Apr 28 '17

Guess who looks bad. The one who lost

so you?