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John Carmack Sues ZeniMax for $22.5 Million

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-we-all-just-get-along? dept.

takyon writes:

A month after Oculus was ordered to pay ZeniMax Media $500 million for infringement and trade secrets claims, John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for $22.5 million for an alleged breach of contract:

Now Oculus CTO and former ZeniMax employee John Carmack has added a personal lawsuit to the mix. He's suing ZeniMax for $22.5 million, which he claims is the last outstanding payment from his sale of id Software in 2009, which ZeniMax purchased for $150 million.

Carmack's share of that sale was $45 million. He converted half of it into ZeniMax shares in 2011, but says he hasn't received the rest of it despite asking nicely. The lawsuit is a little spicy, stating, "Sour grapes is not an affirmative defense to breach of contract."

Carmack claims that ZeniMax won't pay him because of its lawsuit against Oculus, which alleges Carmack broke his employment agreement. But since the verdict in the ZeniMax / Oculus case wasn't against Carmack, Carmack claims he should still get paid.

John Carmack vs. ZeniMax Media.

Also at Ars Technica and TechCrunch.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:26AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:26AM (#477941)

    Both Oculus and ZeniMax could have made $1 billion if they had instead put their IP together in a cordial joint venture.

    • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:42AM (2 children)

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:42AM (#477951) Homepage

      John Carmack doesn't like you guys. You pirate and torrent shit. That's why he quit Slashdot.

      • (Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:59AM

        by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:59AM (#477956)

        I almost bought Quake 4, but dropped the box like a hot potato when I saw that it included DRM.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @04:29PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @04:29PM (#478088)

        Didn't be get banned from there for shitposting?
        Oh no, my mistake, that was you.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:43AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @05:43AM (#477952)

      Or Oculus wins the appeal and Maxipad gets nothing.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @04:16PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @04:16PM (#478081)

        They still would have had to pay tons of money to lawyers, and suffer the overhead of heartache.

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