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Old 10-13-06, 07:52 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Beery
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Originally Posted by P_Funk
Somewhat aware? I'm pretty sure that the heart of PC Gamer is it's columist staff...
He admits he's unaware of the extent of X1's theft - he says "There are allegations that X1 Software simply lifted all of the community's hard work and cavalierly burned it to a disk for personal profit. True or not, the company secured Ubisoft's legal permission in advance". That means he's only somewhat aware. Firstly, it's not true that X1 lifted all of the community's hard work - the X1 folks lifted some, but not all. If he was fully aware, he'd know the facts.
We can all read this bit in different ways.

I take the phrase "There are allegations that...." to be a device intended to lessen the chance of a writ for libel from X1 - nothing to do with what he does or doesn't know.

If he claims they've stolen something, they could sue him & the side with the deepest pockets would win.

This way he stands aside from the allegation - he's only reporting on what is being said by others.
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