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News: Chris Sawyer taking Atari Interactive to court

Posted at 10:47 PM EST (0347 GMT)

Nov. 9th, 2005 -- Chris Sawyer, the Scottish software developer of the popular PC game RollerCoaster Tycoon, is suing Atari Interactive for $4.8 million, which he says the computer software publishing company owes him in unpaid royalties. Sawyer alleges and lists 13 instances where Atari Interactive miscalculated, withheld, or deducted payments made to him between 1999 and 2003.

No date has yet been set for the case.

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bgwfreak Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 11064 View Park/Ride Count	I hope that he wins the case if it turns out to be true that Atari is cheating him. But poor Chris, he only has $30,000,000 so far.
11/10/2005 10:48 AM
The Gent Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 97 View Park/Ride Count	Fair is fair - but I hope he builds some hospitals and does charity work with his money. "To whom much is given, much is expected." Some Middle Eastern Carpenter said this about 1972 years ago or so.
11/10/2005 5:54 PM
The Gent Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 97 View Park/Ride Count	Addendum to last comment - does anyone else see irony in Google's adds at the bottom of the news story?
11/10/2005 5:57 PM
5150 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 364 View Park/Ride Count	If I had 30 mil, I'd try to get 30 more. If the money is his- he is entitled. Yeah, I hope he does charity work...best way to keep from paying taxes on that wad. There are other loops too...
11/13/2005 1:39 PM

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