Why don't they simply sue him?
Maybe they show kickstart some money to send him into bankruptcy...
ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
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Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
The fundraising period hasn't ended yet, at the time of writing this there's 12 hours to go, and judging by the Kickstarter comments people who have already backed the project are starting to reduce/remove their backing. I wonder if this is the first time there's a chance a project that reaches its target on Kickstarter ends up under the target by the end?
A kickstarter project cannot go under funding goal in the last 24 hours if it has already reached its goal. You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.
> You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.
What about reducing the contribution?
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#23No-one seems to have pointed out that this is likely to be a trademark violation:
"All rights reserved. 'Elite', the Elite logo, the Elite: Dangerous logo, 'Frontier' and the Frontier logo are registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyright are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners."
In this case, unauthorised use of their trademark in the same trademark category (computer games), is going to damage Frontier's reputation.
Could someone get David Braben to contact Kickstarter UK?
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#24No-one seems to have pointed out that this is likely to be a trademark violation: "All rights reserved. 'Elite', the Elite logo, the Elite: Dangerous logo, 'Frontier' and the Frontier logo are registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyright are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners." In this case, unauthorised use of their trademark in the…
Elite Systems have been around a long time too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Systems
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#25No-one seems to have pointed out that this is likely to be a trademark violation: "All rights reserved. 'Elite', the Elite logo, the Elite: Dangerous logo, 'Frontier' and the Frontier logo are registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyright are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners." In this case, unauthorised use of their trademark in the…
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Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#26This came about because of this thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46365
This link is particularly humorous: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZX_Spectrum&oldid=...
The comically large banner ad at the top is certainly a nice touch. Not at all out of place on wikipedia.
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#27No-one seems to have pointed out that this is likely to be a trademark violation: "All rights reserved. 'Elite', the Elite logo, the Elite: Dangerous logo, 'Frontier' and the Frontier logo are registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyright are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners." In this case, unauthorised use of their trademark in the…
Elite Systems have been around a long time too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Systems
Yes, Elite was a triple-A player and a very well respected UK games publisher back in the 80s.
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#28The amount pledged is indeed going down. It appears people are being true to their word.
Be interesting if it dips below the £60k required.
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#29The amount pledged is indeed going down. It appears people are being true to their word. Be interesting if it dips below the £60k required.
I believe Kickstarter actually won't let you withdraw a pledge if doing so would drop a funded project below its funding threshold.
edit: found the rule (https://www.kickstarter.com/terms-of-use),
Backers may increase, decrease, or cancel their pledge at any time during the fundraising campaign, except that they may not cancel or reduce their pledge if the campaign is in its final 24 hours and the cancellation or reduction would drop the campaign below its goal.
Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
A kickstarter project cannot go under funding goal in the last 24 hours if it has already reached its goal. You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.
People aren't backing out, they are reducing their pledge. Do same anti-trolling measures deal with that?
Also not allowed. From the ToS (https://www.kickstarter.com/terms-of-use):
Backers may increase, decrease, or cancel their pledge at any time during the fundraising campaign, except that they may not cancel or reduce their pledge if the campaign is in its final 24 hours and the cancellation or reduction would drop the campaign below its goal.