Who Really Owns the Fairy Farm?

[The Straight Story]

Who Really Owns the Fairy Farm?


SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A Russian video game developer and its Cyprus-based licensee claim a Belarussian computer programming company is illegally claiming credit for the "Fairy Farm" game, which is distributed through Apple's AppStore. The international squabble is over profits from a game in which users build "their own beautiful, meditative gardens."

Startek Invest, the Cypriot licensee of Moscow-based South Port Studios, sued TelesoftService dba Bubbler Media, in Federal Court.
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According to the complaint, Startek and South Port contracted with Bubbler Media to write code for the game, in which users build "their own beautiful, meditative gardens."

But Startek says relations soured during the creative process, and the companies parted ways before completing the game. South Port's programmers ditched Bubbler Media's code and wrote their own so the game would run more smoothly, according to the complaint.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/28/41724.htm