nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoDiscworld 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 rightswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkDiscworld 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 rightswww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarehannes3120@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·1 year ago "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?
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoIf 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
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWell, I guess as long as it’s good for the economy.
Wtf - how is something like this still law and people are okay with it?
If 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
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Well, I guess as long as it’s good for the economy.