- LiquidSnake2061
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Posted by: Spartan04
We get it. Microsoft exercised their legal powers to have this thing stopped. It's their legal right, to be sure. A derivative work that could have theorectical consequences for their well-being, if no practical ones. One could consider it a brilliant victory for the intellectual property movement.
Microsoft is still in the wrong, the moral wrong, which cannot be argued down by any number of lawyers. Saying "its the law" doesn't make it right, it only makes it real.
And yes, there is nothing we can do. But we can make known our displeasure, in our own small way, and take heart in the fact that *we* know it's wrong to destroy a harmless product of admiration and devotion.
I salute the Halogen team for their efforts, and doubly so for their gracious acquiescence. And I salute everyone who recognized Microsoft's act for the *true* injustice that it was, who did not argue the violation of the law, but the violation of its spirit.
I pray Bungie had nothing to do with this, although I feel the need to remind TPTB that inaction is just as great an affront as action.
I don't know if I can agree with you that is is breaking the bounds of moral law. If you want to speak about moral law, you might quote a Commandment, such as "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's goods."
Goods, it may be assumed, includes physical items. Microsoft owns the rights to it- and I am sure you, or anyone else on this forum, would be upset if someone took your ideas without asking. Is it somewhat disappointing? Yes. But, it falls within their moral right. They own the concepts, the story, the ideas. They own the characters that Eric Nylund creates for his books. It's their stuff. I trust that they will maintain the integrity of the universe and provide us with more games and stories for it.
I feel bad for the HALOgen guys- they took a gamble and it didn't work out. I don't blame Microsoft for protecting their IP, nor the HALOgen guys for giving it a shot. That's just the way the world works.