A representative of the company that had the rights to it gave me permission to take the servers away instead of them being thrown out. It's really mine.
Disney owns the trademarks, but those have been invalidated through conspicuous public use.
Disney owns Starwave, which registered the trademarks. Disney doesn't really even know it owns the trademarks. I couldn't even get them to look into donating them to our non-profit, because it would cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to do the research required and there was nobody at Disney who had the authority to authorize the expenditure.
Since you guys are already owning my network, if you're interested, you can check out www.quitt.net where there is a detailed explanation of what all went on.
So I'm not really concerned about a lawsuit. Besides, because of conspicuous public usage of the trademarks, those marks are no longer valid. My dream is for the game to pay for its upkeep and development (artists and musicians generally want to be paid).
I am the Keeper of the Keys to Infinity - that is, I officially run the joint. First, let me apologize for the down server - Apache stays up for about 45 seconds at a burst, and sometimes won't even start. We're working on it.
Second, the old servers are dual P6-200's with 128MB of ECC RAM. They are 10 year-old HP machines, and if you want to pay for shipping or come pick them up, there are three of them.
I've been spending the money for the last seven years to keep C8 alive because I believe it deserves a chance to be exposed to the public. Total donations from other sources just barely make four figures. I don't mind, as long as people are playing.
Again I apologize for the inconvenience, but the dinosaurs thought they were under major attack from the monsters and panicked.
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A representative of the company that had the rights to it gave me permission to take the servers away instead of them being thrown out. It's really mine.
Disney owns the trademarks, but those have been invalidated through conspicuous public use.
The demo server is no longer running, I doubt the demo will work.
Disabling sound allows for good play under wine and SoftPC on the Mac.
Disney owns Starwave, which registered the trademarks. Disney doesn't really even know it owns the trademarks. I couldn't even get them to look into donating them to our non-profit, because it would cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to do the research required and there was nobody at Disney who had the authority to authorize the expenditure.
Since you guys are already owning my network, if you're interested, you can check out www.quitt.net where there is a detailed explanation of what all went on.
So I'm not really concerned about a lawsuit. Besides, because of conspicuous public usage of the trademarks, those marks are no longer valid. My dream is for the game to pay for its upkeep and development (artists and musicians generally want to be paid).
I am the Keeper of the Keys to Infinity - that is, I officially run the joint. First, let me apologize for the down server - Apache stays up for about 45 seconds at a burst, and sometimes won't even start. We're working on it. Second, the old servers are dual P6-200's with 128MB of ECC RAM. They are 10 year-old HP machines, and if you want to pay for shipping or come pick them up, there are three of them. I've been spending the money for the last seven years to keep C8 alive because I believe it deserves a chance to be exposed to the public. Total donations from other sources just barely make four figures. I don't mind, as long as people are playing. Again I apologize for the inconvenience, but the dinosaurs thought they were under major attack from the monsters and panicked.