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Post by filthyluca on Feb 9, 2017 13:12:59 GMT -5
Came across settlement named Portlandia, copywrite issue?
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Post by Cory Trese on Feb 9, 2017 13:28:21 GMT -5
Yeah, thanks!
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Post by Officer Genious on Feb 9, 2017 13:34:39 GMT -5
I passed one in another game called Texas Walker. Is that an issue?
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Post by Cory Trese on Feb 9, 2017 13:38:06 GMT -5
Already removed it.
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Post by xdesperado on Feb 9, 2017 15:22:52 GMT -5
Portlandia should not be a copyright issue.
Number of real life cities named that already and name was applied to Portland Oregon long before any stupid TV show was thought up.
Quadrant named Starfleet Dental on other hand sort of disrupts the player immersion for me.
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Post by ntsheep on Feb 9, 2017 15:32:49 GMT -5
The TB's could always do what you see at the end of movie credits. Put in the line that the names of places and characters are fictional and any resemblance to real world places and names is a coincidence.
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Post by fallen on Feb 9, 2017 18:52:03 GMT -5
Portlandia should not be a copyright issue. Number of real life cities named that already and name was applied to Portland Oregon long before any stupid TV show was thought up. Quadrant named Starfleet Dental on other hand sort of disrupts the player immersion for me. Thanks for pointing that out. We've fixed it! Portlandia causes the same immersion breaking, so does Texas Walker. These lists are huge, and created by backers, so we're working on quality control as we go!
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Post by Officer Genious on Feb 9, 2017 19:10:18 GMT -5
Portlandia should not be a copyright issue. Number of real life cities named that already and name was applied to Portland Oregon long before any stupid TV show was thought up. Quadrant named Starfleet Dental on other hand sort of disrupts the player immersion for me. Thanks for pointing that out. We've fixed it! Portlandia causes the same immersion breaking, so does Texas Walker. These lists are huge, and created by backers, so we're working on quality control as we go! If you need more ideas, let us backers know so we can fill in the gaps!
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Post by En1gma on Feb 9, 2017 20:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by fallen on Feb 9, 2017 21:05:06 GMT -5
Thanks, fixed!
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Post by ntsheep on Feb 9, 2017 22:21:18 GMT -5
That's an actual star name. How the hell can that be a copyright issue. No one owns the stars.
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Post by grävling on Feb 9, 2017 23:21:46 GMT -5
No, the actual star (at least in English) is Betelgeuse. But the parody name is usually Beetlejuice, so not sure about this Hybrid.
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Post by fallen on Feb 9, 2017 23:26:57 GMT -5
These aren't all after copyright issues.
The prompt to backers was not to use proper nouns or well-known names that would point to things in our world or break the immersion.
So, we're changing names as we can to make the best possible set of names for the game.
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Post by grävling on Feb 9, 2017 23:43:49 GMT -5
Sounds tricky. Seems like colonists are prone to naming their new towns after fondly remembered places in 'the Old Country'.
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Post by fallen on Feb 9, 2017 23:49:10 GMT -5
Sounds tricky. Seems like colonists are prone to naming their new towns after fondly remembered places in 'the Old Country'. Yeah, which doesn't exist
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