Brad Wardell

@draginol

Software Developer, AI Guy, Stardockian by day. Opinionated techie, history nerd, bee whisperer by night. My opinions are my own.

Canton, MI
Joined February 2008

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 2

    Stardock has set up a direct purchase option for Star Control: Origins and it’s on sale for 50% off to encourage buyers.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Sometimes it seems like we're moving into a post due-process age. People and companies being de-platformed and I think it's fair to say that DMCA abuse falls into that as well.

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    12 hours ago
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  4. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    Stardock owns the trademark for Star Control and has not used any copyrighted material from SC/SC2.

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  5. 10 hours ago

    Selling games is apparently offensive to him.

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  6. 10 hours ago
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  7. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    Easily one of my games is the year 2018. Get it while you still can!

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  8. 14 hours ago

    No one owns the idea of mini maps, hyperspace, autopilot, etc.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    Imagine what AAA studios would do to indies if broad game concepts start to be justified as reasons to DMCA new games.

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  10. 14 hours ago

    Development on Star Control and the season pass continues!

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  11. 14 hours ago

    Get Star Control: Origins directly from Stardock for half off: we won’t be able to get more Steam keys until the bogus DMCA gets lifted so get it while you still can.

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  12. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    It's now clear that the DMCA infringement claim against 's Star Control: Origins rests primarily on "look and feel" (not assets). Why should that make the industry nervous? And how might the DMCA be revised to prevent abuse of such an approach?

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  13. Retweeted
    18 hours ago
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    To reiterate, if Toys For Bobs were to be successful at their lawsuit using that chart, then Julian and the Xenonauts guys are guilty of infringement of XCOM. But no...after seeing that letter, I'm now up from 90% to 100% convinced Stardock is in the right.

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    18 hours ago
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    The contract does not specify "Star Control". It says "Any trademarks". If anyone has rights to trademark "Ur-Quan Masters" its Stardock. And as to "all the IP", Trademarks are part of an IP. This is also why Trademarking the race names is not as frivolous as people think.

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  15. 20 hours ago
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    P&F posted a chart yesterday where they finally laid out the complaints about SC:O. The complaints were not what the majority of us (and their defenders) thought they'd be:

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  17. 20 hours ago

    My controversial view of the day: if you are just reporting the news then just posts the facts. If you are going to editorialize, then talk to both parties and include both sides statements. Maybe even do basic research on the topic.

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  18. 21 hours ago

    Here’s a video that walks through the judges recent ruling on DMCA. it has no baring on the merits of the Star Control case, simply that DMCAs can be employed. Also, read this response to the DMCA:

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  19. 21 hours ago

    The game’s media covering this could have easily found these documents. They’re publicly available. They could also point out the ramifications for the entire game industry if game ideas and features could be considered copyrightable expressions.

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  20. 21 hours ago

    In addition, the USPTO had already warned Reiche and Ford that game design, ideas, features are not a form of expression and cannot be copyrighted.

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  21. 21 hours ago

    Stardock highlights that features are not expression utilizing the USPTO primer in response to Activision studio President, Paul Reiche’s false DMCA take down of the new Star Control: Origins game.

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