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Tardigrade lawsuit appealed

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You know, I can't get over the fact how fishy that entire gofundme thing is. Like, 1k per hour for his lawyer?! I tried to find out average hourly rates for lawyers, which isn't easy since there are a lot of factors like location, work experience, prestige/demand, and specialization and while I found hourly rates of 1000$ per hour it was for


Source: https://www.upcounsel.com/how-much-does-a-lawyer-cost

And I'm like ... that's the rate for a lawyer of the highest caliber, how are they justifying that rate for the lawyer who had to redo his filings more than once?I

(And don't get me started on the costs for "network experts" and "marketing".)
Because Nerdidiotic (who's not so dumb in this instance, but I can't say the same for the people donating) and Abdin will probably be skimming here and there. Money...Money...Money...Money............MONEY! <-- as the old song goes. ;)

And for all those "poor Abdin..." folks - remember his OTHER promos for this game that liberally steal from Dino DeLaurentis production of DUNE; Stargate SG-1, and hell Star Trek TOS...yeah, "poor Abdin..." my a$$.
 
Because Nerdidiotic (who's not so dumb in this instance, but I can't say the same for the people donating) and Abdin will probably be skimming here and there. Money...Money...Money...Money............MONEY! <-- as the old song goes. ;)

And for all those "poor Abdin..." folks - remember his OTHER promos for this game that liberally steal from Dino DeLaurentis production of DUNE; Stargate SG-1, and hell Star Trek TOS...yeah, "poor Abdin..." my a$$.


And don’t forget he released a game based on dexter.
 
You know, I can't get over the fact how fishy that entire gofundme thing is. Like, 1k per hour for his lawyer?! I tried to find out average hourly rates for lawyers, which isn't easy since there are a lot of factors like location, work experience, prestige/demand, and specialization and while I found hourly rates of 1000$ per hour it was for


Source: https://www.upcounsel.com/how-much-does-a-lawyer-cost

And I'm like ... that's the rate for a lawyer of the highest caliber, how are they justifying that rate for the lawyer who had to redo his filings more than once?I

(And don't get me started on the costs for "network experts" and "marketing".)
Just as a data point: On a project I did some work on the entertainment lawyer employed to negotiate the contract had a minimum rate of $650 an hour. But he was a good lawyer and worth the money.
 
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The ketwolski video hit a nerve. Posted without comment.


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Abdin is a guy getting far more attention this way than he ever has before. I feel bad for him when these YouTube folks are done with him.
 
It looks like graphic adventure games I played back in the early 90s. There were always parodies hidden in the background like that.
 
It looks like graphic adventure games I played back in the early 90s. There were always parodies hidden in the background like that.

Me too and if I was just looking at his game and saw references to dune, star trek, space quest, etc I'd likely think nothing of it since it was a small indie game

However, when he decides to sue somebody else for copyright infringement and then also wants to claim all his references to other IP are fine, I have an issue with that. His references are much more blatent then anything he is claiming. "Monolith Burger" is space quest. No question about that. "space travelling tardigrade" is more generic.

My issue is him claiming copyright infringement when he is also infringing on copyright in his own game. If he wasn't filing this lawsuit, I wouldn't care at all about his "homages" or "cameos". but when seen in light of his own lawsuit is not a good look.
 
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