Actually, I just groked what you’re saying and misunderstood you, sorry. Yes, Stardock owns any original content in Star Control: Origins and F&R aren’t asserting they don’t. However, Brad Wardell is a dick and launched ST:O with Arilou DLC as a preorder bonus with full knowledge that these lawsuits are still pending. …

Why shouldn’t it? If Ford & Reiche own the copyright to anything in Stardock’s game, they subsequently have the option to submit an infringement claim to Valve to prevent its sale via Steam. I don’t really see why the DMCA wouldn’t apply here.

That’s not how trademarks or copyrights work. That’s not how any of this works.

That’s not how the DMCA works but okay.

They had no claim to what Atari was selling, so showing up to claim it was theirs would’ve been dumb. Stardock legally owns what Atari sold them, because Atari legally owned it. The issue is that Atari didn’t own everything Stardock thinks they should be allowed to use.

Also, Stardock sued first.

Because Stardock sued first. F&R were making their own game and Stardock didn’t want to compete, so they sued them to stop it. That was a bad move, because Stardock only bought the Star Control trademark, not any accompanying assets, and decided to use those assets anyway. F&R have receipts on the fact that they own…

They don’t own the trademark “Star Control” is why they didn’t use the name Star Control II for Masters of Ur-Quan or use it for their own game. That has never, ever been in dispute. Stardock owns that and isn’t the basis of their countersuit.

I mean, this is the original statement from Stardock’s original lawsuit:

“Upon information and belief, and contrary to the common public understanding and what they have portrayed to the public, Reiche and Ford may not have created any of the artwork, animation or characters incorporated in the games, or otherwise…

They didn’t fight it because there was nothing to fight. Atari DID own something: the rights and trademark to the name “Star Control”. That’s what was sold to Stardock. Everything else associated with the brand reverted to Ford and Reiche- something that even Atari agreed with, as they were forced to stop selling…

Ford and Reiche didn’t do anything until Stardock sued them first.

They probably will succeed because they have the receipts saying they’re right. Stardock made an assumption of what they owned, and then a bad move legally by trying to shut down Ford and Reiche’s own project. But even Atari’s lawyers agreed with what Ford and Reiche assert was theirs, before Stardock bought Atari.

Stardock sued first. Ford and Reiche didn’t make any legal move against them until Stardock decided to overstep its bounds. This fuck-up is Wardell’s.

Okay, but what you’re glossing over is:

Stardock sued first. This probably would’ve blown over and the two parties could developed in parallel and everyone would’ve been fine. But Stardock got upset and claimed Ford and Reiche weren’t the creators of Star Control and had absolutely no legal ownership of any of its…

This isn’t even fully the issue here: Stardock doesn’t have to change the name at all. Everyone involved agrees that the name and trademark“Star Control” is owned by Stardock and the lawsuits don’t allege otherwise- that’s why Ford and Reiche’s game doesn’t use that title.

What Ford and Reiche assert is that Stardock…

Well “Edgar Wright wants to make an Ant-Man movie” did, in the most monkey’s paw way possible for Edgar Wright.

This was the best surprise to me in terms of matching gameplay to the flavor of the fighter. I legitimately laughed the first time I fought K. Rool and thought I had killed him and NOPE THERE HE IS AGAIN.

Namor vs. Black Panther: Dawn of Illuminati

The perfect Namor is Jude Law, but that’s off the table now.

Man, I really want you to back up the argument that every superhero team can be described like that and tell me how the Justice League/Justice Society/Suicide Squad/Avengers/X-Men/X-Force/Thunderbolts have the same family dynamic as the Fantastic Four or Incredibles.

You and I approach the Fantastic Four and what makes them interesting from very different angles, which is why I see the influence in The Incredibles and think that’s what makes it great and you see the influence and think it dropped the ball.

That’s fine, but I just think it’s worth acknowledging that it’s the…