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Well I'm sure its going to be releasedlate 2005, one of the developers said so. So theres something to look forward to. I mean just about in one years time we will play one of the finest projects out there. 
I think it'll stay that way. I don't think that the SQ7 team sees Sierra's non-responsiveness as a factor in whether they'll release the game or not. If Sierra comes down on them, then they won't release. Otherwise, they will.I'm quite curious about those "negotiations" of theirs with Sierra. I know stuff like that can take lots of time, but it's been more than 2 years since that entry was added to the FAQ and no statement yet.
Isn't that a little risky? Officially, a company has no obligation to send in a cease & desist letter before taking someone to court over copyright infringement. It's just usually done because the offender is given the "benefit of the doubt". If contact between both parties has already taken place, there's little room for doubt anymore.I think it'll stay that way. I don't think that the SQ7 team sees Sierra's non-responsiveness as a factor in whether they'll release the game or not. If Sierra comes down on them, then they won't release. Otherwise, they will.
It's not all that much riskier than the AGD's work.Isn't that a little risky? Officially, a company has no obligation to send in a cease & desist letter before taking someone to court over copyright infringement.
Again, they're within their rights to go to court, but just because they can doesn't mean they will. It's not as if there's any money involved in SQ7. It won't be sold. Sierra won't get any money out of pursuing them. Sierra is, AFAIK, not making a SQ game, so they can't even claim that SQ7 is hurting their profits.If contact between both parties has already taken place, there's little room for doubt anymore.
So is claiming trademark on something you don't own, which Vivendi is doing right now. On their SQ Classic Adventures forum, they claim to own the TM on Space Quest. In fact, it's owned by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and have paid a licensing fee each time they wish to use it for a game.Klytos wrote:Making games based on other peoples intellectual copyrights is illegal.
Yeah. They don't own the title 'Space Quest', but if you make a game based on THEIR games, it has nothing to do with 'the Children's Museum of Indianapolis'. Hmmm... except you're probably stepping into a three way battle, but if you're right (and I guess you are since I've seen a lot of Space Quest related things that had nothing to do with Sierra's Space Quest) both can sue you as much as they want.Jaeden wrote:So is claiming trademark on something you don't own, which Vivendi is doing right now. On their SQ Classic Adventures forum, they claim to own the TM on Space Quest. In fact, it's owned by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and have paid a licensing fee each time they wish to use it for a game.Klytos wrote:Making games based on other peoples intellectual copyrights is illegal.
Yeah. That's easy for a company to protest against. Where do you think an amateur will get the money for this type of court-case? This type of case could be in court for years.Additionally of note is the fact that Sierra/VUGames was notified about SQ7. They've also left SQ:TLC and SQ0 out in the wild for years. According to the law, a copyright/TM can be challenged if it is proven that the company has failed to protect it. Companies like Xerox are fighting like hell not to lose their marks (because they have let 'xerox' become a household word), and the same applies here.
