My guess is that it would cost more to get the rights to make a game or mod based on Stargate SG1 than you would ever win.
You are clearly creating a derivative work of
their Intellectual property, and as they are a company, they are going to charge you to do it.
You could do some realy great things based off movies books or tv shows, but its going to cost you an arm and a leg when they find out. Whatever wins this contest will have to come out of nowhere much like CS did... combine great gameplay with a new experience. Doing a mod "based on" something is going to get yourself a cese and desist faster than you can say "Stargate SG1 mod for UT2003".
As one article I read put it, today logic lost out to human fear.
This was not the culmination of a battle of wits but the triumph of human fear, not that I can blame Kasprov to much...
Would we really want to replace them though? Seems to me this would be like rebuildign the World Trade Centers exactly like they were, and noone is suggesting that, so why would monuments be different?
How exactly is this "+1 funny"... If/. thinks that hating things is funny how bout: I hate Linux.:) ? to personal, lets try something like: I hate Microsoft.:) Is everyone laughing yet?
Your comparison to the Ford Motor company only serves to show how upstarts can take over a market someone else pioneered. When Ford started selling cars there were plenty of cars on the market. Ford was not a pioneer, but came later and improved the methods (noteably the assembly line) of the pioneers.
The plantiff says:
"Some of you have read comments in this and other chat rooms to the effect I "sued for someone having posted critical comments about this
business" or that customers are sued for voicing there opinions relating to the companies products or services. Not the true story!
That is a "spin" the defense fund and their supporters would like to have you believe. It is in fact another lie by them. Their attacks, to champion themselves and to raise the profile of
their cause so their proponents would keep financially supporting a supposed "successful" group.
This would allow them to continue the concerted efforts to harm the company. Their ultimate goal is to raise money in their pursuit to harm."
According to this guy they are all in on a conspiracy against his company. I love the line:
"Their ultimate goal is to raise money in their pursuit to harm."
I don't see how this could possibly be true given that he initiated the need for the fund when he sued them. Plus as far as I know all the money in the fund went to lawyers defending the plantiffs... not exactly harming him or his company.
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My guess is that it would cost more to get the rights to make a game or mod based on Stargate SG1 than you would ever win.
You are clearly creating a derivative work of their Intellectual property, and as they are a company, they are going to charge you to do it.
You could do some realy great things based off movies books or tv shows, but its going to cost you an arm and a leg when they find out. Whatever wins this contest will have to come out of nowhere much like CS did... combine great gameplay with a new experience. Doing a mod "based on" something is going to get yourself a cese and desist faster than you can say "Stargate SG1 mod for UT2003".
"likewise nobody has the right to demand that any site be removed from Google's database."
Someone should tell that to Germany and France...
BBC Article
Choice Quotes: "They have discovered over one hundred sites which can be found by searchers in the US but not by those in Germany or France."
"each site was removed only after a specific complaint from the government of the country concerned."
Of cource no private company or individual can dictate to Google what to put on its site, but governments seem to be able to...
As one article I read put it, today logic lost out to human fear. This was not the culmination of a battle of wits but the triumph of human fear, not that I can blame Kasprov to much...
I dont think it can top Homers bathtub brewing company :)
The bowling ball delivery is the clincher :)
Would we really want to replace them though? Seems to me this would be like rebuildign the World Trade Centers exactly like they were, and noone is suggesting that, so why would monuments be different?
Hmmm quite a perplexing problem... Perhaps it would take a rocket scientist to solve it... Wonder if NASA has any of those?
How exactly is this "+1 funny"... /. thinks that hating things is funny how bout: :) :)
If
I hate Linux.
? to personal, lets try something like:
I hate Microsoft.
Is everyone laughing yet?
Your comparison to the Ford Motor company only serves to show how upstarts can take over a market someone else pioneered. When Ford started selling cars there were plenty of cars on the market. Ford was not a pioneer, but came later and improved the methods (noteably the assembly line) of the pioneers.
The plantiff says: "Some of you have read comments in this and other chat rooms to the effect I "sued for someone having posted critical comments about this business" or that customers are sued for voicing there opinions relating to the companies products or services. Not the true story! That is a "spin" the defense fund and their supporters would like to have you believe. It is in fact another lie by them. Their attacks, to champion themselves and to raise the profile of their cause so their proponents would keep financially supporting a supposed "successful" group. This would allow them to continue the concerted efforts to harm the company. Their ultimate goal is to raise money in their pursuit to harm." According to this guy they are all in on a conspiracy against his company. I love the line: "Their ultimate goal is to raise money in their pursuit to harm." I don't see how this could possibly be true given that he initiated the need for the fund when he sued them. Plus as far as I know all the money in the fund went to lawyers defending the plantiffs... not exactly harming him or his company.