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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Blogger sued by Evony for defamation, libel]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/legal/" rel="tag">Legal</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmorts/" rel="tag">MMORTS</a></p><a href="http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess/171535/171535.html/?fileContentId=171535&amp;fileName=171535.html&amp;fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/09/evonybloggersued.jpg" /></a>Serve me now, my lord!<br /><br />Blogger Bruce Everiss, author of the website <a href="http://www.bruceongames.com/">BruceOnGames.com</a>, <a href="http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess/171535/171535.html/?fileContentId=171535&amp;fileName=171535.html&amp;fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y">has been sued by Evony LLC</a>, the company behind the notorious online webgame <a href="http://www.evony.com"><em>Evony</em></a>, formerly <em>Civony</em>. The suit stems from Bruce's <em>Evony</em> coverage and critical stance towards the game, including his assertions that Evony LLC is a company under the WoWmine.org network (a site that is allegedly part of a <a href="http://wowmine.org/"><em>World of Warcraft</em> gold farming network</a>), his statements concerning the company being based in China, and that their game has infringed on other game IPs, including <a href="http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/"><em>Civilization</em></a> and <a href="http://www.ageofempires3.com/"><em>Age of Empires</em></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/evony"><em>Evony</em></a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/massively-multiplayer-online-boobs/">usually comes under fire</a> for their very transparent marketing strategy, which is <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001286.html">usually slapping a hot woman</a> (who has nothing to do with their civilization/empire building MMORTS) onto an ad to entice gamers to click. However, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/13/comment-spam-lewd-advertising-and-stolen-assets-abound-for-evo/">as we posted prior,</a> some bloggers have <a href="http://www.arksark.org/blog/2009/07/05/evony-a-patchwork-of-stolen-parts/">found some content</a> that was directly ripped off from <em>Civilization</em> and <em>Age of Empires</em>, however the <em>Age of Empires </em>assets have been removed from the current iteration of the game.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Blogger sued by Evony for defamation, libel</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/">Blogger sued by Evony for defamation, libel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess/171535/171535.html/?fileContentId=171535&amp;fileName=171535.html&amp;fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19160827/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>age-of-empires</category><category>breaking</category><category>bruce-everiss</category><category>bruce-on-games</category><category>bruceongames.com</category><category>civilization</category><category>civony</category><category>defamation</category><category>evony</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>mmorts</category><category>sid-meiers-civilization</category><category>umge.com</category><category>universal-multiplayer-game-entertainment</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
