Paul Sinnett - Slashdot User

Comment Moving to employees (Score 1) 524

by Paul Sinnett on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:59AM (#43792065) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House?

As a contract programmer I don't charge for bugs. Because I'm my own employer, I account for the bugs I expect to make in my rate. Moving from contractors to employees, this is just another hidden cost you have to account for. You should also account for ongoing training and so on.

Comment Re:Apple didn't pull it (Score 2, Informative) 63

by Paul Sinnett on Saturday August 08, 2009 @06:46PM (#28999027) Attached to: The Perseverance of a Trademark Troll

Actually, it was pulled twice. The first time it was withdrawn by Papazian while he attempted to negotiate a settlement with Langdell. The second time it was removed by Apple: http://fingergaming.com/2009/07/16/edge-removed-from-app-store-again-lite-version-released/

The Perseverance of a Trademark Troll 63

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 08, 2009 @06:24AM from the why-produce-when-you-can-sue dept.

Sockatume writes "Eurogamer has published an article on Tim Langdell's battle against the Edge iPhone game. Langdell, a British entrepreneur, founded Softek (later renamed The Edge, Edge Games and Edge Interactive Media Inc.) in the 1980s as a venture to fund game development, with profits to be split 50/50 with the developers. He moved to California in the 1990s in the wake of accusations of failing to pay his developers. Now a professor in games studies at National University, an IGDA board member, and a former member of BAFTA-LA's board, 'Dr.' Langdell spends his time accusing people of infringing his trademarks and offering to settle. After delivering a settle-or-die ultimatum to Edge publisher Mobigames (detailed in the article), he has convinced Apple to pull the game from the App Store. Mobigames is preparing to strike back: their lawyer believes that his trademarks are 'liable to be revoked.' Langdell has had a spate of bad press lately as other trademark disputes come to light, involving entities ranging from EA Games to Britain's venerable Edge Magazine (source of Edge Games' logo and now registering its own Edge trademark). He has never actually prevailed in a trademark hearing."

Submission + - The Terrible Tale of Tim Langdell 1

Submitted by Sockatume on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @07:58AM

Sockatume writes: Eurogamer has published added an article on Tim Langdell's battle against the Edge iPhone game. British entrepreneur Tim Langdell founded Softek (later renamed The Edge, Edge Games and Edge Interactive Media Inc.) in the 1980s as a venture to fund games development, with profits to be split 50/50 with the developers. He moved to California in the 1990s in the wake of accusations of failing to pay his developers. Now a professor in games studies at National University, an IGDA board member, and a former member of BAFTA-LA's board, "Dr." Langdell spends his time accusing people of infringing his trademarks and offering to settle. After delivering a settle-or-die ultimatum to Edge publisher Mobigames (detailed in the article), he has convinced Apple to pull the game from the App Store. Mobigames is preparing to strike back: their lawyer believes that his trademarks are "liable to be revoked". Langdell has had a spate of bad press lately as other trademark disputes come to light, involving entities ranging from EA Games to Britain's venerable Edge Magazine (source of Edge Games' logo and now registering its own Edge trademark). He has never actually prevailed in a trademark hearing.

Comment Re:Ancanar has not the bandwidth of Tolkien (Score 1) 135

by Paul Sinnett on Sunday January 12, 2003 @03:29PM (#5067778) Attached to: Ancanar Teaser Trailer Available

There's at least one copy of the trailer on Kazaa, probably more as more people share it.

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