Rapture (23:42:36)
on C64 I was bemused when in intro of game stood "blabla software present ..." instead of presents

Rapture (23:42:14)
(C), R, TM

Rapture (23:41:50)
i wonder why copyright and trademark, R, TM etc was invented when it can get complicated anyway.

Rapture (23:40:53)
it's complicated even for the original devs, it was sold, re-sold, whatever, nobody knows who owns it now or who has the rights or whatever. complicated stuff, yo.

Rapture (23:40:26)
ah, yes it is also hard to get Turrican rights

mirrorbird (23:35:25)
Pink Panther was another -- because they would license the character for x years, and after that, who owns it? well Gremlin has the copyright, but the studio has the trademark, it gets so messy.

HappyDude (23:35:18)
Sierra's Hero's Quest renamed to Quest for Glory due to similar naming rights

mirrorbird (23:34:52)
very early on -- about 1995 -- i knew a guy who ran a diskzine, and he got permission from Gremlin to redistribute their old 8-bit games -- yes, so early -- but they couldn't give permission for the ones with brands, like M.A.S.K. or Basil the Great Mouse

mirrorbird (23:34:14)
sometimes the legal rights are complicated. you remember Gremlin Graphics, right? great 8-bit house, did stuff like Monty Mole.

mirrorbird (23:34:01)
depends whom they sold or licensed it to. doesn't matter who invented it

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