Well said Brad.
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Frogboy, your link is broken ;) Looks like you fixed it ;)
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StarControl Forums[quote who="tingkagol" reply="416" id="3714274"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 415 In short, as a lay person, when you combine Paul’s 2013 confirmation that the publishing rights were active with the fact the games were being sold we had no reason to think the license had expired. Paul's e-mail was c
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The point that seems to be escaping Elestan is that the Names of the aliens are not protected by the Copyright. The Trademark also does not grant SD any right to use the LORE or the story from SC1-2 The Trademark does let them use the NAMES as those are directly associated with what was marketed IE the NAME Star Control which has a Trademark. Conversly because the NAMES of the races are tied to the Star Control Trademark, you cannot use them
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[quote who="Elestan" reply="394" id="3714148"] Quoting Jafo, reply 393 Quoting Elestan, reply 391 This is a disputed question of law
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[quote who="zwabbit" reply="389" id="3714134"] Considering that P&F being in the legal wrong would allow Stardock to recover the costs plus penalties at the end of the litigation, the one that bungled their cost-benefit analysis is not Stardock. And considering that failure to go after P&F when they infringed upon the trademark weakens the mark, the cost of not going after them starts at however much money Stardock has already sunk into expanding the Star Control mark, and goes u
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="386" id="3714126"] Quoting Lakstoties, reply 385 "Where are my pants?" Well? Where ARE your pants? [/quote] I'm now convinced that Laks could give Deadpool a run for his money. that entire ra
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[quote who="bleybourne" reply="383" id="3714118"] Quoting Timmaigh, reply 373 ...anyway you can bet, many Trekkies were not happy about that - especially, since the creators claimed continuity with Prime Universe...and then first thing they do is to change the looks of their most iconic race. I, for one, was not impressed.
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^^^^ what he said ^^^^ There are soo sooo so many reasons Laks why what you think could have happened absolutely would never ever have happened. No company would buy IP and spend the money SD has spent and then react in the way you seem to think they should have.
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As for the recognizable.... I'd say that even if it is not recognized by all, being recognized by some has value. There are people who have waited 20+ years for a new SC game that is a premade market. Also the TM allows any new material made and sold to be protected. Either way... when people think of a Bioware game they in general know they are going to get a hero epic RPG with some flirting sex and gore When people think of S
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Timmy, SCII was made in 1992 A very large number of consumers who may buy the game were not even born yet when this game came out. I've stated several times I've never played it myself. Initially I was interested in the game specifically and only because StarDock was involved and making it. I'm willing to bet that 90% of the people who buy it will have never finished SC1-2 or 3 previously or did not know
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Timmaigh, The trademark dictates who can produce and sell an item. Look at the Abrams Trek and Star Trek Discovery vrs TOS, STNG, DS9, and the earlier movies.... Both CBS and Paramount who were once one company and are now seperate companies control some portion of the Trademark, so both can sell something known as Star Trek. However they don't share the same IP when it comes to the copyright. So the uniforms, some of the stories
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[quote who="Elestan" reply="360" id="3714023"] Quoting Taslios, reply 356 But yes... with the Fox trademarks for Xmen, Fantastic 4 and Deadpool... Marvel sold them the rights to the trademark back in the days when Marvel was nearly going bankrupt. It's an interesting example, but it's hard to say if
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[quote who="bleybourne" reply="355" id="3714017"] Quoting Taslios, reply 352 So question for Stardock... Will we see a May update similar to the April one? I'm not a founder (didn't have the free floating cash when the founders stuff was offered or I would be...) but I'm
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[quote who="tingkagol" reply="353" id="3714015"] Quoting Taslios, reply 351 Paul and Fred can claim the Races and lore and story they have developed... but they cannot use it without the associated Trademarks... The best and clearest case on that is if you look at Stan Lee and his career for both Ma
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So question for Stardock... Will we see a May update similar to the April one? I'm not a founder (didn't have the free floating cash when the founders stuff was offered or I would be...) but I'm very hungry for updates on the development and teasers ;)
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not sure how to fix it so my post doesn't show up in the quote box, but to make it more clear: My post was probably more just verbal speculation... Anything Brad could post, he already has. I suspect he has some very keen thoughts on this that he cannot share during the on going litigation. Given what both sides have posted I think Brad really tried to work things out with them. I posed earlier that it would not shock me if Brad tried to of
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[quote who="Starkillr" reply="349" id="3714006"] Brad tried to work with them, P&F didn't think they needed to due to what they thought they owned and also wanted to do it their own way. So while your suggestion makes a lot of sense, it's not the path P&F desired to take. I don't know if there was pride or ego involved on their end or if it was just wanting to have the creative freedom to do what they wanted without anyone dictating or telling them what to do. I'm actually not sure if
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Elestan, I for one am glad you continue to post. I'm glad you have such passion. I'm glad you care. I think your loyalties are highly misplaced, but you are loyal. So here's the real question for you or the other folks who seem he** bent to cast Stardock as being the evil corp and Paul and Fred as simple victims. What have Paul and Fred done for you lately? what have their actions shown that has you so loyal?<
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="339" id="3713983"] Quoting Taslios, reply 338 Ok Frogboy... I've got a few questions.. Why do you post 99% of your stuff as Frogboy but occasionally post as Draginol? Ok, and now for the actual real question... Given StarDock is a Publisher...
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Ok Frogboy... I've got a few questions.. Why do you post 99% of your stuff as Frogboy but occasionally post as Draginol? Ok, and now for the actual real question... Given StarDock is a Publisher... Why does it seem that Paul and Fred are so resistant to publishing their game as "Star Control: Ghosts of the Precursors" with i donno.... Stardock as the publisher? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? you get to c
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Soooo... when will any of the news from today's meeting be public?
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="3713597"] But would that map container spoilers? I.e. do you want to know where everything is at the start? [/quote] I'm not sure how big the actual map would be if you were to print it out in say... Font 12..... But if you did something like say Pandemic Legacy where the map starts bare with nothing more than the star names and simply laminated and comes with stickers or things that we can
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Does armor seem like it's not worth using to anyone else?
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Yeah... they either build basic carriers, or don't have enough logistics, or don't put them in large enough fleets, or only put one in a fleet... I think the AI would improve significantly if they just weighted the research a bit better. Like... hey AI. you chose the + to Logistics path... so you get the most out of it if you STAY WITH IT.... don't go willy nilly all over the place on subsequent specializations... The game is su
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I really wish the AI would build more carriers.... it's kinda fun when I "gift" someone a ton of excess carriers and then declare war on them. If you are building carriers and have decent logistics there is very very little reason to build anything with defenses as Nilfiry is correct the fighters will kill everything. Full disclosure, I find Carriers OP for this reason and thus rarely build them. I find the game
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