Before this there was an episode of an Invader ZIM with zombies in a mall. I mean if you can't put zombies in a mall, where can you put them?

Won't someone think of the zombies? A brain is a terrible thing to waste, and well... the mall is full of unused minds. ;_;

If it was really an issue, why didn't they sue before the game was a huge success? I mean, it's been out for years now.

You're right, shopping malls are a Zombie's habitat.

The MKR Group is demonstrating a fundamental lack of knowledge of the basics of copyright law. Perhaps they're feebly hoping for a settlement, but this suit will be dismissed long before it goes anywhere.

this explains why Capcom has been so hesitant on a sequel. at least we finally have an explanation. i just hope the rumors about an outsourced (non-Capcom developed) sequel aren't true.

Ugh, another silly copyright lawsuit. When will these companies realize that copyright is not meant to protect general ideas or story elements. Copyright is essentially meant to avoid direct copying, and unless the thing you feel is copying you can actually be said to be easily confused with the real thing you most likely have no case (and neither should you).

Reminds a bit of the lawsuit against Dan Brown for the DaVinci Code, which apart from being a crap book with a weak plot on its own, was claimed to have stolen storyline ideas and character templates from another book. One example I read was how there was a bottle of Perrier sparking water on a table in a hotel room in France in both books. Yes, like non-French authors probably even know any other brands of French sparkling water. And as for theft of characters, well both books characters where stereotype main characters. Like youngish middle aged caucasian men, with an adventurous streak and a way with the ladies. Hmm, where have I seen that character before, apart from a billion movies and books, Indiana Jones being a very good example.

Sigh. That sound you're hearing right now is the sound of a million eyes rolling...

I find it funny that the comment at the end, about how malls are a zombie's natural habitat, supports MKR's assertion. After all, I don't think there was a "zombies in the mall" movie before Dawn of the Dead...

Not that I support the suit itself.

This is ridiculous and retarded. It's retardulous.
Hey maybe Sam Raimi should sue on the grounds that both this and Evil Dead have zombies and contain copious amounts of awesome.
Better yet, maybe the United Voodoo Sorcerer trust (UVS) should sue because it contains zombies which are in a place.
Or the dead shall rise up for portraying them in a negative light

I could go on and on, but it's probably better I stop here.

The Tolkien family needs to sue the company who made LAIR. I mean please...dragons that can fly and breathe fire, what a blatant ripoff.

Romero's probably broke and needs money to fund his next masterpiece Rising Dead.

What a lame suit. I have yet to see a mall without zombies all over the place.

Usually they're walking around following the jog mile markers or hanging out at bed bath & beyond though.

No way this will hold water. First off, the game involves a single photographer... this is completely different than the movie, which involves a group of people.

Secondly, the game involves zombies completely immersed into the mall, while in the movie the mall was relatively free of zombies until the very end.

Lawsuits. The new form of free advertising. There must be a dawn of the dead re-release on its way.

People abuse the law so much nowadays that now it's a pile of turd I don't even wish to wag a stick at.

Lame, game isn't all that awesome, and why they waited so long to sue is beyond all knowledge.

just look at real life...

"Zombies in a shopping mall are like polar bears on South Pacific islands or cheetahs in Ludwig's den."

-- or young boys at Neverland Ranch.

I'm with MKR on this one. Isn't their a disclaimer on the back of Dead Rising that says it's not inspired by Dawn Of The Dead? Capcom obviously knew they were ripping them off and tried (pathetically) to cover their asses at the 11th hour.

Of course I might be a little bit more forgiving if I would have been able to play Dead Rising on my TV. Think of this as karma for all of us who bought the game and don't have HDTV yet.

well duh Romero is a sellout, look at the crap hes unloaded on us lately, douche needs to just croak and turn into a zombie

Well this is really quite silly. There are going to be similarities drawn but I don't think enough to warrant a lawsuit. Dead Rising has its own storyline that I feel separates it. There are going to be comparisons drawn I understand cause Romero's movie was out first and I will be fair and say his movie probably paid a part in inspiring the game. But how many Dracula movies have we had that pay tribute to the original. How may shootem up movies or Martial Arts movies do things other movies have. The bottom line is this if they didn't copy the exact Story or directly lift the characters or maybe the exact location then I think they are being a bunch of greedy asses.

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This is just crazy.