Ubisoft Oleg Northrop syndrome

[GF_Mastiff]

http://kotaku.com/5874076/ea-invokes...licopter-maker

[Luno13]

It will be interesting to see the results of this case, but UBI and 1C have already made an agree with Grumman.

[jannaspookie]

+1 for freedom. Hopefully the court will rule on the side of what's right, and not what's profitable for corporations. Just my two cents...

[Blackjack]

The article mentions EA licenses it cars for their "need for speed" franchise as they are the main protagonists in that series,
wouldn't you say the airplanes are some kind central game element in il2

I dont think anything would change regarding il2 if they are permitted to depict 3 Bell helicopters
in Battlefield 3 where there are much more vehicles players can choose from.

EDIT: I wonder how older flight simulations handled that sort of thing (or didn't they need to?), like Aces over the Pacific etc.,
maybe american copyright law is getting ridiculously restricted over the years ?

[SaQSoN]

Originally Posted by Blackjack

The article mentions EA licenses it cars for their "need for speed" franchise as they are the main protagonists in that series,
wouldn't you say the airplanes are some kind central game element in il2

I dont think anything would change regarding il2 if they are permitted to depict 3 Bell helicopters
in Battlefield 3 where there are much more vehicles players can choose from.

It does not matter which role in a game take an object. Even if you use it's model as a 3rd plan scene prop - you still have to license it, if it is recognizable model/type.

Consumer goods (like cars), however, are different from military goods in terms of copyright. Because, development of consumer goods in most cases is paid by it's producer. Development of the military goods, in most cases, is paid by government=taxes=taxpayers=people of the country. Which, though arguably, puts copyright of mil.goods to public domain of the country, which paid for development thereof.

Well, something like this...

Anyways, if EA wins, it may lift the Grumman ban from future flight sims. But as for the IL-2 - I wouldn't be so sure, because of that agreement between UBi, 1C and NG.

Regarding older sims: this issue first struck IL-2. Previous developers were not affected. Approximately at the same time, toy and plastic kit manufacturers also encountered the same copyright problems.

[Fighterace]

Do we know what the result of this court case is?

[Viking]

Originally Posted by Luno13

It will be interesting to see the results of this case, but UBI and 1C have already made an agree with Grumman.

I think ,hope and pray, that that agreement just expired!

Viking

[Fighterace]

Originally Posted by Viking

I think ,hope and pray, that that agreement just expired!

Viking

Where did u hear that from?