Discworld rerelease is 'on the cards' according to the original game's director, but is 'a complicated process' because King Charles may own 50% of the IP rights
Discworld rerelease is 'on the cards' according to the original game's director, but is 'a complicated process' because King Charles may own 50% of the IP rights
Equal Rites.
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"Whenever something closes in the UK, intellectual property rights revert 50% to the original creator and 50% to the Crown
Wtf - how is something like this still law and people are okay with it?
49 1 ReplyIf they're already okay with IP in general, then it doesn't seem like much of a stretch. The whole thing is imaginary, arbitrary, and couldn't exist without the King's government.
Why do you want to steal from the king? :-P
18 2 ReplyAre you seriously defending it? Why don't we attach you along with all monarchs to some cement and drop you in some river? Would be strictly beneficial for society.
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It sure would be helpful if there was an automatic release of property if no one does anything with it for 25 years.
26 0 ReplyEven if no one does anything, the first book was published 40 years ago. It won't leave copyright for another 62 years.
Copyright is too long.
30 0 ReplyYeah, it should probably be ~15 years, and maybe extendable once if the original author is still alive.
That's enough to profit from the work, but not so long as to stifle innovation.
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I would love a Discworld Trilogy re-release. They are one of the funniest 90s point and click adventures.
6 0 ReplyWe only have rights to the characters, not the games
How does that work? Gregg didn’t create original characters here.
4 0 ReplyIt's a million-to-one chance, but it might just work!
5 1 ReplyA million-to-one chance happens 9 times out of 10.
4 0 ReplySounds more like half a million-to-one, maybe they should flip a coin to get a nice round number
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On the cards, not in them???
6 3 ReplyBritish version of the saying.
8 0 ReplyColloquialisms aren't up their wheelhouse.
2 0 ReplyOr up your alley.
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kingprince charles thanks x1 0 Reply