F4u-4 and F8F

[DD_crash]

Originally Posted by pandacat

I just find this IP issue ridiculous. If we are talking about F-35 or F-22, fine I am ok with it. IP on F4u-4 is more than half of century old. Also, there is no national security issue, either. For god's sake, why still having a tight grip on it. These worthless lawyers have nothing to suck on but dried bones.

I agree with you but the lawyers are trying to justify their huge pay and we are stuck with it. There was a move in the US to stop the sillyness but I dont know what happened. Apparently some Railroad companies wanted payment from modelers so we are not alone.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by DD_crash

I agree with you but the lawyers are trying to justify their huge pay and we are stuck with it. There was a move in the US to stop the sillyness but I dont know what happened. Apparently some Railroad companies wanted payment from modelers so we are not alone.

More to the point, 1c/Ubisoft agreed to a consent decree with NG, which might even be stricter than existing law or legal precedents. Since the consent decree is private, we'll never know.

The only way that I can see to get the properties that NG claims IP rights over into the game is for someone, preferably in Europe or certain parts of Asia, to buy the rights to IL2, but NOT agree to take on the legal restrictions placed on the franchise by the consent decree. That way, you'd get a fresh start in a legal environment where NG has a lot less power.