Natural selection - already exists?

BJayDBJayD Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1263Members
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I was just browsing <a href="http://www.topwebgames.com/" target="_blank">TopWebGames</a> and what name should stand out from the crowd, but Natural Selection. So I load the page expecting to find some info about this mod, but no. It's a totally different game, an RPG it seems. Anyway if anyone is interested here is the link: <a href="http://www.kycor.org/" target="_blank">Natural Selection</a>
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    They may not be able to use the Natural Selection name I'm sure MonsE or Flayra have trademarked it
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Flay has copyrighted "Natural Selection" in a video game context - evidenced by the fact that the expansion for AvP2 was renamed from Natural Selection to Primal Hunt or something like that.

    The site *says* "© Natural Selection 2000"... but if that were the case, Flayra oughtn't to have been able to get the copyright in the first place.  So I'm confused.  I believe Flayra's in the right of it here... what he'll do, who knows.  It's just a little MUD.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Flayra at least has the name trademarked, and liek coil said, it forced the new AvP thing to change their name, so obviously he has rights to it.
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    after following NS for a while now, it feels so strange to see the title in this context, especially that logo in the upper left.
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  • C0nan_The_LibrarianC0nan_The_Librarian Join Date: 2002-07-31 Member: 1039Members
    I read about it for a few minutes and im confused, is it a computer game? Or is it like dungeons and dragons?
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I wouldn't worry about it - both they and Flay are in the business of handing out free software, and the apparent dissimilarity is so great that neither could make much case for infringement.

    A MUD is a multi-user dungeon. In the days of 2400-baud connections to Wildcat BBS's, they were a way to play a D&D-like text adventure online. They are mostly curiosities now, but some still linger on...
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    /me goes off to make Legend of the Red Dragon mod

    ^_^

    p.s. wildcat = the best
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  • PlaguebearerPlaguebearer Join Date: 2002-03-21 Member: 338Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    pff.  telegard/renegade, baby.
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    there's always Major-MUD  fairly well known.  Wouldn't call it D&D like any more than most RPG's out there.
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  • CrystalSnakeCrystalSnake Join Date: 2002-01-27 Member: 110Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--coil+Oct. 10 2002,17:35--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (coil @ Oct. 10 2002,17:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Flay has copyrighted "Natural Selection" in a video game context<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How much does it cost to copyright a name for a video game?
    And how long does it take to get the approval?
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  • BillBill Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1108Members
    Darwin is going to sue you all!
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  • Llama_KillerLlama_Killer Join Date: 2002-07-30 Member: 1029Members
    Hes dead what is he going to do! Besides he didnt copyright his theory or the words Natural Selection so ha!
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