Stage 9 gets cease and desist order from CBS

[Crazyewok]

Except it does hurt companies because it puts contracts at risk. And there is a risk of others (not always the mod makers themselves) of making money from it. It is a slippery slope that companies would rather not risk.

Companies have the right to protect their property and this is one of doing so-by protecting their contracts and relationships with other companies.

Well forgive me for not caring to be honest and I will continue downloading, using and God forbid enjoying mods

 

[fireproof78]

Well forgive me for not caring to be honest and I will continue downloading, using and God forbid enjoying mods

Who said anything about not using mods. I just understand why companies do it, I understand why mods are made, and I expect them to continue to get made. I just don't get mad at companies for protecting their property.

 

[Kemaiku]

Companies have an obligation to protect their product.

This, there are laws against stealing for a reason.

 

[Crazyewok]

This, there are laws against stealing for a reason.

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Well if mods are stealing call me the biggest thief on these boards and I will wear the badge with pride

 

[Kemaiku]

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Well if mods are stealing call me the biggest thief on these boards and I will wear the badge with pride [/QUOTE

Mods (most of them anyway) aren't. But that's not what the thread is about. Generating significant content using someone elses copyrighted IP is theft, and Trek fans have not only abused fair use but gone way beyond that with fan games and films lately. They need reminding who owns what and why.

 

[Crazyewok]

Meh.

Only thing I ever had a problem with was annexar as it was making money.

Rest?

Don't care.

 

[uniderth]

There was something similar to Stage 9, which was called Enterprise3DProject.
Maybe you remember this video:

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There was a bit of buzz, at least in the German media, about it a few years ago. Meanwhile their website http://ww38.enterprise3dproject.com/ is also dead.

Man, how great it would be to have a whole Enterprise-D or Voyager in first-person-persective. *dream*

Wait, you mean these were two different projects?

 

[Ensign Seven]

Wait, you mean these were two different projects?

Yes. Since the project name and the team behind is different, I don't think they were related at all.

 

[fireproof78]

@Kemaiku
Hey, your quote bracket is missing and messed up your post

 

[Kemaiku]

@Kemaiku
Hey, your quote bracket is missing and messed up your post

I know, but I can't edit my posts at the moment, settings got changed weeks ago and they haven't changed back since.

 

[fireproof78]

I know, but I can't edit my posts at the moment, settings got changed weeks ago and they haven't changed back since.

Well, nuts.

 

[Stephen!]

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Very impressed by this! I hope MacFarlane/Fox/Disney have a bit more foresight than CBS did and don't just try and C&D this out of hand.

 

[Boris Skrbic]

Very impressed by this! I hope MacFarlane/Fox/Disney have a bit more foresight than CBS did and don't just try and C&D this out of hand.

How do you know it was done out of hand, without foresight?

 

[StalwartUK]

How do you know it was done out of hand, without foresight?

I don't. Just that I'm aware that companies like CBS regularly do this with projects that they feel may impact their bottom line.

 

[Boris Skrbic]

I don't. Just that I'm aware that companies like CBS regularly do this with projects that they feel may impact their bottom line.

And that’s a bad thing, suggesting a lack of foresight?

 

[fireproof78]

I don't. Just that I'm aware that companies like CBS regularly do this with projects that they feel may impact their bottom line.

That does not suggest lack of foresight. That is them protecting their property.

 

[Tuskin38]

Very impressed by this! I hope MacFarlane/Fox/Disney have a bit more foresight than CBS did and don't just try and C&D this out of hand.

They contacted Fuzzy Door (the production company), so they know the project exists, Seth also retweeted the video saying it was a cool.

 

[Professor Zoom]

They contacted Fuzzy Door (the production company), so they know the project exists, Seth also retweeted the video saying it was a cool.

In the end, it maybe out of Seth's hands... he maybe the creator, but, he's not the owner of the IP....

 

[Tuskin38]

In the end, it maybe out of Seth's hands... he maybe the creator, but, he's not the owner of the IP....

Yeah, that's Disney.