One of the nastier legal disputes in regards to gaming recently has been between Stardock Corporation and Star Control II creators Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford over the recently released Star Control: Origins. This ultimately led to the latter pair issuing a DMCA takedown to remove Star Control: Origins from Steam and GOG. Now, a
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A few days ago, Star Control: Origins was brought back into the public purview when it was taken off both Steam and GOG due to a DMCA notice from Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, the creators of Star Control II, after a lengthy legal quarrel between the two parties. Following Stardock’s official statement about the issue, Paul
On September 20, Star Control: Origins was released by Galactic Civilizations III developer Stardock. That being said, the developer had to deal with a lot of legal issues prior to the game’s release due to claims of copyright infringement by the creators of Star Control II. This issue has finally come to a head months