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Except that Mickey Mouse has a whole lot of protection on it that isn't on the Star Control property. And I also would say that they did not remake Star Control 2. It's in the same family, and uses similar design concepts, but it isn't the same game. And I'm sure Stardock will press that point very hard if this makes it to court. And yes, I 100% agree that this wouldn't have gotten so out of hand if the parties hadn't gotten frustrated with

Except mechanics are not copyrightable, or else Star Control 1 and 2 could be held liable for stealing its look and feel from Spacewar! So if mechanics/look/feel is the basis for Fred and Paul's claim, they're being very hypocritical. No one is claiming that Stardock hasn't made a game is that is very much like Star Control . But many of are saying this isn't an actionable offense.

That letter...I was always on Brad's side, but now I know why his confidence is so high. Design/idea/concept/format/layout is 100% what Toys For Bob is pointing out with the chart they recently released. None of it, based on this letter from the copyright office to their lawyer, is basis for a claim. If it was, then Blizzard could've been sued for Warcraft being too much like Dune II all those years ago, and Microprose could've put a claim in against Brad for <e

[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="37" id="3737220"] Sooooooo.. to loop another story worth such incredibly magical twists of fate; Firaxis' (Jake Solomon) & Julian Gollop's (goes all the way back to 1994 Microprose) mutually preferred X-Com titles franchise. Not a single LAW gambit in sight, none ever since either. Every minds are still absolutely focused on their own business with full respect towards each other.

[quote who="Zorkins" reply="30" id="3737135"] Just out of curiosity as I have to knowledge of U.S. law, how long do this kind of legal issues take to settle on average? weeks, months, years? [/quote] Years.

Valve is currently not selling the game, but keys can still be activated there, and you can download and run it just fine.

Brad was pretty transparent regarding the situation when I spoke to him through Twitter yesterday. As near as I can tell by my own research plus playing about 20 hours of Star Control: Origins , the only thing that may be problematic are references to Zoq-Fot-Pik and the Precursors. There's no art, but I don't know if the names and the "personalities" of those aliens are protected by the rights that Fred and Paul have (from my point of view, the courts can decide that). The O