Re: ANY ThOUGHTS ON
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:32 pm
The company that owns it went bankrupt so even if Palladium wanted to get the rights back they couldnt. Isn't the legal system great?
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Akashic Soldier wrote:The company that owns it went bankrupt so even if Palladium wanted to get the rights back they couldnt. Isn't the legal system great?
Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
That isn't how the legal system works. The bankrupt company owns the license therefor they must purchase it back from said company to be able to make a new game.
Killer Cyborg wrote:Or else... what?
Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Or else... what?
Or else you're not legally allowed to produce the property.
And you've got to read what I am saying KC.
They company that made it still owns it. They just no longer exist.
Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
That isn't how the legal system works. The bankrupt company owns the license therefor they must purchase it back from said company to be able to make a new game. However, because the company is bankrupt it cannot do further business and thus, cannot sell the rights. Ergo... license limbo. It sucks, but thems the breaks.
Killer Cyborg wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Or else... what?
Or else you're not legally allowed to produce the property.
Right.
So you produce it illegally, and...?And you've got to read what I am saying KC.
I've read it.
You apparently haven't read what I've said.
Because I already addressed the law that you're taking about, in my initial post, where I said:
If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
I never said that it wouldn't be illegal.
I simply pointed out that there don't seem to be any consequences for breaking that particular law, because it's a civil law, and there's nobody to sue you over it..
Did you catch that this time through?
Because you don't seem to read things as thoroughly as you seem to believe.They company that made it still owns it. They just no longer exist.
Maybe you missed the other post I made, where I pointed out that it looks like they DO exist...?
Killer Cyborg wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
That isn't how the legal system works. The bankrupt company owns the license therefor they must purchase it back from said company to be able to make a new game.
Or else... what?
The Beast wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
That isn't how the legal system works. The bankrupt company owns the license therefor they must purchase it back from said company to be able to make a new game.
Or else... what?
Or else this, duh.
SittingBull wrote:Cant print or produce something without a patent or liscense.
Killer Cyborg wrote:The Beast wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Killer Cyborg wrote:If nobody owns the rights, then nobody can sue anybody for infringing on those rights.
Which means that if Palladium wanted to convert the software into an app or other incodenation, I don't believe that anybody could or would do anything to stop them.
That isn't how the legal system works. The bankrupt company owns the license therefor they must purchase it back from said company to be able to make a new game.
Or else... what?
Or else this, duh.
Exactly.
Qev wrote:Wouldn't a company that's gone through bankruptcy proceedings and no longer in operation have sold its assets in order to pay its creditors? It seems dubious to me that a company would be allowed to take an IP with it into oblivion.
Akashic Soldier wrote:Qev wrote:Wouldn't a company that's gone through bankruptcy proceedings and no longer in operation have sold its assets in order to pay its creditors? It seems dubious to me that a company would be allowed to take an IP with it into oblivion.
In a perfect world that is exactly what would happen.