I missed posting about the Watchmen fiasco. Basically, Fox once owned the rights to the Watchmen movie and actively decided not to make the film. So a few months before Warner Bros. releases their version, Fox sues saying it still owned the rights.  To keep its release date, Warner Bros. settled, paying off Fox for doing nothing. Copyright doing its duty, right?

Activision, likely giddy at the prospect of being its own Fox, is threatening to sue EA for publishing a game Activision gave up on.  Activision merged with Vivendi Games and in the merger, Activision dropped several titles including Brutal Legend, which EA picked up. Now that Brutal Legend is getting hype and an anticipated release, Activision is claiming EA is infringing on their rights on a game Activision said they don’t want to release – they want money for doing nothing.  I particularly love EA’s response.

We doubt that Activision would try to sue. That would be like a husband abandoning his family and then suing after his wife meets a better looking guy.