Ireland against EMI

Vivendi vs. Valve

This isn't Vivendi's first ridiculous lawsuit. Back in the day, Vivendi were responsible for retail distribution of Half-Life, under the Sierra label. When they breached their contract with Valve, the game's wonderful developers, Valve sued them. In a counter-suit, they tried to get their hands on the rights to Half-Life itself. This would have meant no Half-Life 2, no Orange Box and no Portal! This in turn would have meant no GLaDOS, no Still Alive and no “The cake is a lie”. And they're at it again, apparently – from the looks of it, they're once again trying to enforce rights they shouldn't even own in the first place.