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10-15-2009, 12:58 AM
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This can stir up a lot quick as it has in the past. To the OP when/if you do any search you'll come up with a lot of threads discussing the issue. Most of them are over at the ubizoo. Everyone has their take about who said what, when and how and some know more than others but more than likely the unknown truth lies somewhere in the middle. FS 9 and FSX have had grumman a/c modeled since for free and I believe paid addon but don't know if the modders had to do anything. At this point its all water under the bridge and mods it might be best to end this thread before it gets heated again.
Flyingbullseye Last edited by flyingbullseye; 10-15-2009 at 01:00 AM. 
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08-03-2010, 04:02 AM
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For anyone that is a bit "iffy" on the copyright laws in the US:
Following with that, IMO, game developers would be very well served by getting a judge to rule that games (or sims in particular) are educational. With that precedent in place, problems like this would evaporate, because they would be protected by fair use.
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08-03-2010, 07:10 PM
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08-03-2010, 10:42 PM
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08-06-2010, 08:35 PM
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quote: "Northrop/Grumman is requiring trademark licensing fees"
As others have pointed out this is a Trademark issue , not IP. If you called it "bob" there is nothing they could do about it. It is not artwork being reproduced. There is absolutely no IP infringement. Just copyright of the tradename.
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08-08-2010, 04:57 AM
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What I have always found curious about this suit was their claim on 'all ships built at Hampton Roads Shipyard.' Unlike modern US Naval design and precurement, all US Naval Vessels constructed prior to 1966 were designed by the US Bureau of Ships, a government entity. The naming of the vessel is also a government function.
Either they are not aware of the role of the Bureau of Ships as the persons involved may not have been around in 1966, or they are running a bigger bluff in their shakedown. Last edited by Moritz; 08-08-2010 at 05:01 AM.
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