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posted by martyb on Monday October 01 2018, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the Stage-9-From-Outer-Space dept.

Stage 9 was a non-commercial, virtual reality recreation of Star Trek The Next Generation's Enterprise starship. It allowed fans of the series to explore the beloved vessel and immerse themselves in the chief setting of the series. It was built over the past two years using Unreal Engine 4 by fans who have taken great pains to state that the project was not affiliated or licensed with CBS or Paramount and that they weren't doing this to make money, only to artistically demonstrate their fandom. That did not stop CBS from sending a cease and desist letter, thus shutting down the project as CBS was reportedly unwilling to engage in dialog.

From Techdirt : CBS Bullies Fan Star Trek Project To Shut Down Despite Creators' Pleas For Instructions On Being Legit
and at Ars Technica : Amazing NCC-1701-D simulator issues final command: "all stop"
and at TorrentFreak : CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @12:47PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @12:47PM (#742741)

    5 years of copyright since publishing, extendable twice: first time for 3 years (costly), second time for 2 years (damn costly).

    Ok, that wasn't so complicated after all. Alternatively, we could choose to kill copyright for good and replace it with a right to attribution.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 02 2018, @01:40PM (5 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 02 2018, @01:40PM (#742764) Journal

    Ok, that wasn't so complicated after all.

    Simpleton thinking.
    You have not considered, for example, that almost everything that offers a chance to Linux to resist abusive CoC-ing (if they choose so) is the copyright [iu.edu]:

    I'm writing now, from all of that experience and with all that
    perspective, about the recent flap over the new CoC and the attempt
    to organize a mass withdrawal of creator permissions from the
    kernel.
    ...
    First, let me confirm that this threat has teeth. I researched the
    relevant law when I was founding the Open Source Initiative. In the
    U.S. there is case law confirming that reputational losses relating to
    conversion of the rights of a contributor to a GPLed project are
    judicable in law. I do not know the case law outside the U.S., but in
    countries observing the Berne Convention without the U.S.'s opt-out of
    the "moral rights" clause, that clause probably gives the objectors an
    even stronger case.

    --
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @02:50PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @02:50PM (#742808)

      Different AC.

      Let the CoC up The Kernel. With the resources of the military intelligence agencies likely behind things like CoCs, it's inevitable.

      We may fork. That is the beauty of free software. There is no The Kernel, as in One Kernel to Rule Them All. However, I suspect we'll need to wait several years before we know for sure whether it's a bunch of dog-whistling and hyperventilating or if my COINTELPRO intelligence agency theory is correct.

      I'm still systemd-free. The apocalypse has not happened despite all the endless hyperventilation about that.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 02 2018, @03:08PM (2 children)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 02 2018, @03:08PM (#742818) Journal

        We may fork. That is the beauty of free software.

        You may fork but, if ESR is right, you still may suffer if many Linux contributors rescind their copyright, even in a fork without CoC-ing.

        --
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @09:28PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @09:28PM (#743682)

          Who is ESR?

          • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 03 2018, @09:35PM

            by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 03 2018, @09:35PM (#743685) Journal

            Who is ESR?

            Does "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" rings any bell?


            If not, Eric S. Raymond [wikipedia.org]
            --
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @07:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @07:40PM (#743021)

      Copyright will not stop CoC. And even if it did, it isn't a reason to keep it.