Prof_Hari_Seldon

Prof_Hari_Seldon

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Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

That is why Stardock sold the classic games on Steam and GOG without Reiche's permission SC1 and SC2 were sold on GOG in 2011 before Stardock got the trademark in 2013. P&F say that they had a direct agreement with GOG to sell, not Stardock, and therefore Stardock should not have sold on Steam . Well fine, what's the problem with getting a "mutually beneficial" agreement with Stardock too?

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Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

tingkagol, P&F called in lawyers, started a PR campaign, DMCAed, and went copyright crazy first (I already mentioned overreaching copyright examples from the Stardock Q&A of P&F requesting policing community fanart and asking the ship designer (no ship designer was in SC2 so HOW do they justify?) be removed, etc.). Stardock then sued for "trademark infring

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Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

I got the impression that P&F might've let it slide regardess, and let SC:O be SC:O, if it weren't all of the legal mess Stardock started. And Stardock started the legal mess only because of the GotP announcement. Which seems like an incredibly stupid thing to do. If I'm wrong in all this, and you think the events went differently, feel free to educate me. I know you read the emails, but you really need to read both <a href="https://dogarandkaz

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Reply to Paul Reiche and Fred Ford issue DMCA take down in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

ozdon81, why does it matter if P&F have the copyright to SC2? Copyright protects source code and art. SCO has it's OWN source code and art. Trademark protects names, like McDonalds (company) or Big Mac (burger). Stardock owns the Star Control trademark because Atari made that cheap flash game called Star Control to extend the trademark, then Stardock bought the trademark. SCO did not copy source code or art from SC2. The ONLY grey area art-wise is hyp

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Reply to Star Control: Winter 2019 Update in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

I am always biased towards more SC, so I choose second expansion, then sequel. If that makes the sequel come out a few years later I am OK with that. I think a lot of people are hoping for a lot of stuff to do after defeating the Scryve. Also, if you don't have much stuff going on after the main quest I think a lot of fans and reviewers will complain that a possible time skip from SCO to the sequel would skip over a lot of interesting stuff. Also if yo

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Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

You're not convinced? Did you read the judgement of the copyright office in the first post in this thread? They said only source code and audiovisual material (art assets) are copyrightable not game design. Stardock did not steal SC source code and Stardock did not steal or exactly copy audiovisual material from SC. I agree that red hyperspace looks very similar on the surface, but it is different. Same game design but DIFFERENT art assets.

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Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

I hope that the DMCA counter notice scares P&F enough that the DMCA is reversed within those 10 days. 10 days off of Steam might be short enough that damages are negligible and those Stardock employees can be rehired. If that doesn't happen I hope there is NO out of court settlement, the trademark to SC is found to NOT have reverted from Atari to P&F because Atari made that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control#Star_Control_(Atari)_Flash_game

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Reply to Paul Reiche and Fred Ford issue DMCA take down in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

P&F claim they own copyrights in SC3 (see the document in Frogboy's post)?! NOOOOOOOOOO! I wish this was a case where the claim is so ridiculous that the judge could throw it out immediately, like when Jim Sterling was sued for millions of dollars for a negative review of Slaughtering Grounds. I hope Steam and GOG pursue monetary compensation for this block of SCO sales and that Stardock gets a cut of that.

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SCO Earth Rising Lexite Quest stuck in Star Control Tech Support StarControl Forums

My lexite quest is stuck. It is stuck at I investigated 82. G Eridani II and does not tell me what to do next. When I looked in the Steam Guides for what to do next, this is the result: Yalos in the Rasalhague A system (I visited and I don't remember if there was an anomaly at Yalos, but visiting it did not progress the quest did not get Eta Llvoren working) Epsilon Mus II (antenna already active) Eta Llvoren (planets are in the system but no anomalies

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Reply to Hyperdrives for earth in Star Control Mission Help StarControl Forums

If you did not choose the Trandals hyperdrive when allying with the Trandals, is there a way to get enough hyperdrives to create every colony? Maybe being able to buy a Trandals hyperdrive at a precursor starbase?

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How does the System Scanner work? in Star Control StarControl Forums

I noticed the v1.1 update added the System Scanner to the modules list. I went to https://starcontrolorigins.gamepedia.com/System_Scanner and it did not explain how it works. I know I can easily pick up a system scanner anytime because it unlocks at the Sol Precursor Starbase, but I have a question: Does the System Scanner miss some anomalies or does it label every planet or system tha

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Tywom Fanfic references original Mary Sue? in Star Control StarControl Forums

I just noticed that the Tywom Star Trek fanfic is very similar to the original Mary Sue fanfic "A Trekkie's Tale" starring Mary Sue. Just read the first paragraphs of both. http://web.archive.org/web/20050208104838/www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dark/1000/marysue.htm

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Reply to Your favorite types of quests in Star Control StarControl Forums

Homeworld Mission 3 the burning of Kharak ("the subject (a captured enemy that destroyed their planet) did not survive interrogation" said in that classic Homeworld understated professional tone) and the Homeworld Kadeshi (they were left behind and became scavengers and that eventually became their religion, in contrast to the Kharak main character race's pro-science and technology views) Nebula missions. Those were added in last minute by the people who went on to make Homeworld Catacl

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Reply to The whole Lander system SC2 vs SCO in Star Control Ideas/Wishes StarControl Forums

There is plenty of space to get heat or toxic protection once you reach endgame where (spoilers): [spoiler]1 Stun gun, 1 Anti Gravity Thruster, 1 heat shield mk3, 1 or 2 corrosion protection mk2, and 1 atmospheric stabilizer is all you need. Total: 5 or 6 and you could add lander cargo space optionally, which does all fit on your ship.[/spoiler] But it would be nice to also have space to add the lander combat modules too (spoilers): [spoiler](armor, crew, and supe

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