![]() Why waste so much time spinning on something that nobody here can change? What I am really asking is why are we not talking about this game? Many here have stated that they refuse to play, purchase or whatever due to being on the moral high ground. If the game came out today and its publisher and creator were marked 'unknown' would you buy it based on the name? >Does not the prospect of a new game appeal to you? I am curious to ask if some of the folks who 'strongly' disagree with stardock or downright dislike them, In the meantime we will get a new Star Control game. Unfortunately we will not know the outcome for a long time. The forum posters here who endlessly post what they say is the correct interpretation of how such law is applied and interpreted. So > Either Stardock and Company is wrong about trademarks and ip law. Ultimately it comes down to who's interpretation is right and who is wrong. Specifically Elestan and Lak (both have dozens of hours of research on the topic of trademark law). I have seen so many post vehemently defend F&P and claim intimate knowledge of IP and trademark law here in this form. I know we all love this series very much, and only want what's best for it, so let us all be * happy campers * and * party * together! Please be civil! I have had to remove a few comments that were personal attacks and to be honest that makes me very * frumple *. New posts on the topic will not be removed, but they will be locked, for now. For the time being, I would like this to stay as the primary location for discussion on this topic. This will stayed stickied to the top of the subreddit for as long as this is relevant, and I recommend you all sort by new to see the all the discussion that is being added. I wanted this is be a non biased and quick primer to all of the legal issues relevant to this series. Paul/Fred's Trademark Application for Ur-Quan Masters: Stardock's Trademark Application for Ur-Quan Masters: (Please message me if any more links should be added to this section) I will let those who are closer to the issue give their sides of the story. We were getting two games! After 25 years! It was fantastic! There wasn't a lot known about it until 2 months ago where there was a rumbling of legal issues between who owns the distribution rights, and if the Ghost of the Precursors is stepping on the toes of Stardocks trademark on Star Control and the copyright for Star Control 3.Īt this point, the legal battle begins in earnest. Recently, Fred and Ford caught the Star Contol bug and wanted to make a sequel to the Ur-Quan story told in StarControl 2. Star Control Origins would fit into the multiverse of the series without stepping on the toes of the original game series. While Stardock was able to purchase trademark to Star Control and the copyright to Star Control 3, they did not purchase some of the Intellectual Property contained within the first two games the characters, the aliens, or the plot. ![]() This is the first time a lot of the community became aware of the IP problems that plagued this series. Stardock was the highest bidder, and almost immediatly began plans to make another game in the Star Control Universe Star Control Origins. It had a sale of quite a few of it's neglected IPs including Star Control. Atari, GOG, and Fred/Paul settled on an agreement where GOG would license with both to sell the game. For a period of time Atari were the ones distributing the games on GOG, after which Fred/Paul challenged their ability to do so. In the meanwhile, fans were able to play the games in two places, through GoG, and The Ur-Quan Masters, a free remake of the game that was made possible after the source code was donated gratis by Paul Reiche in the early 2000s. A third game was made without Fred/Paul, but with their IP, and unfortunately no new products were made for about a 25 years. It was published by Accolade, which after a series of mergers and takeovers because a part of the Atari. StarControl and it's sequel Star Control 2 were classic Sci-Fi games made in the '90s designed by Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III. U/Lee_Ars did a fantastic job on it, and has dropped in the subreddit to elucidate some of the backstory. Whenever there is new information please message me and I will add it to the list!įirst off, this is a great writeup of all of the legal issues, and an excellent primer as to what is going on. I'm going to sticky this megathread both as a primer for people who are not in the know on this issue, and to keep the discussion from spiraling into a whole bunch of different discussion threads. ![]() So very obviously, a huge part of the discussion in r/Starcontrol has been the legal battle between Stardock and Paul and Fred.
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