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It is crap that they are going to have classic games with modern players. What is the point of that!? As for naming rights - that is a bunch of bullshit anyway. Do you seriously think that Grant Fox Or Serge Blanco would sue a game's company because they put them in the game? No way!
Rather than having classic games maybe they should just include an editor in the game that allows you to create teams and players easily and have a scenario creator kind of like FIFA '06 has.
It is easy to find out details of old games and then make up challenging situations to play.
EA shouldn't waste their time putting in classic matches if they are going to use modern teams - it's stupidity.
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I agree it's stupid, but they do have to have consent in case a players naming rights in relation to their rugby career are held by their home nation's rugby union.
You can say it's crap, but it's true.
It's like saying that it's crap that you have to ask your local council for consent to put an extension onto a building on your own land, unfortunately you have to in most parts of the world. With naming rights you also need consent.
Do I think Serge Blanco or Grant Fox would sue EA? No, I don't. Do I think that companies like EA have to protect themselves from publishing intellectual property and names for which they don't have consent?
No. I know it as a fact.
Any Classic All-Blacks side would need NZRFU approval, EA's current rights don't extend to historical teams or players. They would not grant permission unless all the players whose names are used consented to it.
I'm banging my head against a brick wall here as I know no-one seems to understand legalities unless it relates to current players.
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I'm beginning to get concerned here CA, tell us the truth, are you standing up for the f&ckers because you work for them?
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If in the course of wanting to protect themself against litigation by including a feature in the game eg CLASSIC MATCHES with current players instead of the players who featured in the CLASSSIC matches then said matches are not CLASSIC matches at all are they, no they are
scenarios, and that is called false advertising - Is that legal? I'm saying it's wrong to include a feature which they don't have the legalities to include in the first place, if they can't include CLASSIC matches in the true sense of a CLASSIC match then why include it? Instead give people a feature that works completely like ONLINE gameplay.
Gamers had been asking for it since 05 came out, possibly before that, go and look at the EA forums, I don't have to tell you to look at this forum, see how many people want CLASSIC matches.
