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Meanwhile, Wardell posted a seemingly dire analysis of the state of PC gaming on his personal blog in late December. вЂњIndeed, not only has Wardell failed to establish any such expertise, but his opinion as to whether the work in question is вЂcopyrightableвЂ™ constitutes an improper legal conclusion.вЂќ вЂњWardell lacks the expertise necessary to opine as to what constitutes вЂcopyrightable artwork,вЂ™вЂќ Judge Brown wrote. Judge Brown denied the request, calling StardockвЂ™s objections вЂњfrivolous.вЂќ Late in 2018, Stardock requested an injunction from the court that would have prevented Ford and Reiche from filing a DMCA claim against them. district court judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, who is presiding over StardockвЂ™s case with Ford and Reiche, certainly seems to think so. ItвЂ™s possible, however, that Wardell may be working from a flawed understanding of the law in this instance. You can review their original chart here: /7bDh7OEgvj- Brad Wardell January 3, 2019 This is t heir chart with our comments next to it. Wardell also published StardockвЂ™s own version of the same chart, refuting Ford and ReicheвЂ™s claims in detail.

вЂњThink of all your favorite modern games. вЂњNow anyone who has played a video game in the last decade, can you imagine if DOS game developers stepped up and started issuing DMCAs on this,вЂќ Wardell said in a tweet. Stardock CEO Wardell continued to protest on social media. We see many such examples in Star Control: Origins where its expression is substantially similar to and/or derivative of our copyright-protected work, without our permission.вЂќ вЂњWe donвЂ™t claim to have a copyright on all interstellar travel, but we do have a copyright on the specific way we expressed interstellar travel in Star Control 2. вЂњItвЂ™s clear to us that Stardock chose to make Origins substantially similar to instead of using the original material they purchased in ,вЂќ the post concludes.

They even produced a detailed table that narrows in on a single aspect of the games - space travel - in order to clarify their position. вЂњNot, the unreleased, packaging art - none of that was included in the auction.вЂќДЇor that reason, they argue, the similarities between Star Control: Origins and Star Control 2, which they claim to own the rights to, necessitated their DMCA claim. вЂњThe bankruptcy paperwork was very specific that anything not listed was excluded,вЂќ the post continues. In todayвЂ™s post, Ford and Reiche say that what Stardock actually purchased at auction was the вЂњregistration to the trademark вЂStar Control,вЂ™вЂќ and вЂњthe copyright to the original parts of Star Control 3.вЂќ While the trademark would allow them to create a game and call it by the Star Control name, including content based on the original Star Control or Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters was out of bounds. As a result, Stardock filed suit against them.

Then, in October 2017, Ford and Reiche announced they were making a game called Ghosts of the Precursors, a direct sequel to Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters. Three years later, in 2016, Stardock revealed that it was developing Star Control: Origins. The background of the conflict between the two teams dates back to 2013, when Stardock purchased rights to Star Control intellectual property from Atari during a bankruptcy auction. Ford and Reiche have now obliged, in the form of a lengthy blog post. In statements made on Steam and social media, StardockвЂ™s CEO Brad Wardell has vociferously demanded an explanation for the DMCA claim. ThatвЂ™s because of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim made against the company by the creators of the Star Control franchise, Fred Ford and Paul Reiche. Star Control : Origins, the latest title from independent developer and publisher Stardock, is no longer available for sale on Steam or GOG.

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