Star Trek Discovery Sued!

[PicardSpeedo]

Title pretty much sums it up. It appears that the Tardigrades plagiarism scandal has now erupted into a full-blown lawsuit, and it looks like the plaintiff has a pretty good case. The UK's Metro has the details: https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro....m-a-little-known-2014-video-game-7895600/amp/

 

[BillJ]

And?

 

[Tuskin38]

Title pretty much sums it up. It appears that the Tardigrades plagiarism scandal has now erupted into a full-blown lawsuit, and it looks like the plaintiff has a pretty good case. The UK's Metro has the details: https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro....m-a-little-known-2014-video-game-7895600/amp/

Welcome to 2 weeks ago, Can I take your coat?

We already have a thread dedicated to this. We don't need another.

 

[PicardSpeedo]

Welcome to 2 weeks ago, Can I take your coat?

Two weeks ago for some, perhaps. It would be silly to think that everyone (myself included) heard this news the moment it hit the press.

 

[Tuskin38]

Two weeks ago for some, perhaps. It would be silly to think that everyone (myself included) heard this news the moment it hit the press.

How about you look down the first page of the subforum and see the thread we already have.

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/did-cbs-steal-the-tardigrade-idea.290957/

Plus the last thread about it that was closed.

 

[PicardSpeedo]

Setting aside the troll responses above, hopefully this will, at minimum, get the creator of the game a substantial payout. It could even have the effect of reverting a number of very-silly plot decisions inspired by the content that was lifted. What do you think?

 

[Tuskin38]

Setting aside the troll responses above, hopefully this will, at minimum, get the creator of the game a substantial payout. It could even have the effect of reverting a number of very-silly plot decisions inspired by the content that was lifted. What do you think?

The game creator doesn't have a case.
It's all coincidental.

 

[BillJ]

It could even have the effect of reverting a number of very-silly plot decisions inspired by the content that was lifted. What do you think?

There it is!

 

[KennyB]

The case is bullshit. It will be settled or thrown out.

 

[Dukhat]

First of all, Star Trek: Discovery isn’t being sued. CBS is. And we all knew about this weeks ago.

I’m far more interested in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Les Moonves and his inevitable departure from CBS, possibly allowing Shari Redstone to finalize her deal to merge CBS and Viacom. That’s what we Trekkies should be concerned about, not some bullshit lawsuit.

 

[Lord Garth]

First of all, Star Trek: Discovery isn’t being sued. CBS is. And we all knew about this weeks ago.

With your avatar, you should've milked this for all it's worth. "Star Trek: Discovery isn't being sued. Dismissed! Next case!"

 

[CorporalClegg]

Setting aside the troll responses above, hopefully this will, at minimum, get the creator of the game a substantial payout. It could even have the effect of reverting a number of very-silly plot decisions inspired by the content that was lifted. What do you think?

 

[cultcross]

This thread lifts a number of elements from a recent thread. It could be a coincidence, but personally I'm suspicious.