Vostu not only copied the UI, mechanics and artwork of Zynga’s games, but even the bugs. We welcome Vostu into the arena of social games, but blatant infringement of our creative works is not an acceptable business strategy – it is a violation of the law,” said Zynga’s lawyer Reggie Davis. “Let’s be clear – it is one thing to be inspired by Zynga games, but it is entirely different to copy all of our key product features, product strategy, branding, mission statement and employee benefits lock, stock and barrel. In response, Zynga has drawn a line in the sand by slapping Vostu with a lawsuit saying, “Get off my farm.” Vostu’s fired back by claiming that Zynga has made its millions by copying games, why can’t they? Vostu has also released other games that mimic PetVille, CafeWorld and even Zynga Poker. In April 2011, a Brazilian company called Vostu launched a game called MegaCity with a UI that is almost identical to Zynga’s game. CityVille debuted in December last year as an extension of the Ville family of time-wasters from Zynga and it did pretty well out of the gate – grabbing 100k users on launch day. Social games maven Zynga is not above aping game mechanics – looking at you Mafia Wars – but it will apparently not suffer such injustice for its own titles. Zynga has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against the Brazilian company Vostu claiming MegaCity is just like CityVille.
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