Alright so I must admit after seeing that post about theft i was a little shook and ready to panic sell, but after seeing that this is fully up and running I've calmed down. I'm still curious WTF that was about though, and i really this answer,
"If charges are brought, then will have the conversation. All the rest about white-paper and copyright will be fixed in near future. Quite separately about template. It was bought as i know."
Thats the kind of answer that makes large holders jump ship for pennies.
Its not a very well thought out plan when there are courts and law enforcement that can demand that a settlement is payed in the terms of millions of USD. Thats what is worrying most of the community that this whole project was organized and executed in a haphazard way. If ROUND starts getting sued than Valve will ban them from integrating with their service.
... are people really jumping ship because of this? Id say that this is a pretty decent case in favor of round if they let it be know that the layout had nothing to do with its success, and that its really the blockchain that is helping out more than anything. Worst case scenario why doeswlnt why dont they just changethe name& rebrand everything
The problem here is if they used other people's work without their permission to promote a product and if they made money. This is already done and documented. Thats like me opening up a mcdonald's and copying everything but not paying mcdonald's and then making $100 million. Who do you think that money belongs to? The people who did all the original work or the people who just copied? Even so, the platform had nothing to do with this because the 100 BTC that were collected for this ethereum project were collected before the platform was designed. Then there is all the additional value that has been created up until now was done using the same marketing materials.
The platform is actually a step backwards for the industry. It is centralized, below industry tech standards, harder to comply, and being used to get around regulations. Since there is no accountability if something goes wrong this will absolutely force regulators and game companies to get a lot tougher and stunt the development of crypto currency and competitive video gaming.