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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Davros on June 02, 2008, 09:57:45 pm

Title: Descent Free
Post by: Davros on June 02, 2008, 09:57:45 pm

ATLANTA – June 2, 2008 – GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), announced today an expanded partnership with Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC BB: IPLY) that now includes multi-year worldwide rights for the company’s titles to be available for digital download in its online store and for subscription play. Under the new agreement, Interplay titles will also be made available for free play on GameTap’s ad-supported website www.gametap.com. 

“Interplay has been and continues to be a great partner of GameTap,” said Ricardo Sanchez, vice president of content and creative director for GameTap. “By expanding on our previous deal, GameTap will now feature more of Interplay’s top titles including their widely successful Fallout titles.”

As part of this expansive agreement, GameTap will now feature additional Interplay titles, including the critically acclaimed Fallout, DESCENT and MDK. New and previously featured titles, such as the Earthworm Jim series, will be added to the subscription service, GameTap’s ad-supported website, and also sold in GameTap’s online digital retail storefront.

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: Mars on June 02, 2008, 10:51:09 pm

Doesn't this mean that it's being sold again, and therefore less ethical to get for free?

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 02, 2008, 11:05:04 pm

I thought Descent's trademark had expired... :wtf:

Just checked: it did back in '02.

I assume that a trademark is different from a copyright... but I'm not sure how.

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: WMCoolmon on June 03, 2008, 03:43:27 am

Trademark is different from a copyright, but I'm not sure how. Trademark seems to be on a specific word, phrase, or possibly a symbol (it probably says on wikipedia) while copyright applies to works of art. Or anything written/produced, for that matter.

But I can say that any copyright on Descent is going to last for a loooooong time and is certainly still in effect.

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: karajorma on June 03, 2008, 10:08:22 am

They already have Freespace IIRC.

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 03, 2008, 10:09:35 am

Quote from: karajorma on June 03, 2008, 10:08:22 am

They already have Freespace IIRC.

Yeah that was the only commercial I ever seen FreeSpace on.

Title: Re: Descent Free
Post by: Bobboau on June 03, 2008, 02:54:48 pm

I saw FS in a Dell (I think, maybe it was compaq) commercial