Holy shit, the monarchy is disgusting in the UK.
It is pretty absurd.
Whilst this is really just a cute story, if the guy really wanted to get it re released, there are plenty of avenues. Basically, he has to ask them to either sell or dispose of their claim to the ip. They aren’t involved in licensing or anything like that. they either sell or dispose of claims.
They probably don’t even know they have a claim. If they did they likely would have sold it long ago.
You shouldn’t have to beg them to sell you back your game. Trying to defend this pathetic monarchy in anyway is a joke.
calm down, no one’s defending the monarchy.
The Crown is an entity that’s part of the UK parliament and thus state, a lot of legal proceedings based on hundreds of years are law just go in there because that’s what happens.
It’s part of a law that has to deal with vacant goods, goods unclaimed. they have to go somewhere.
This guy didn’t own 100% of his stuff, he either gave it away or sold it a long time ago, the people who owned the other half dissolved their company without selling or giving the ip back. so it’ goes to the same place that everything in this situation does, it’s handled by the governmental legal entity that figures out what to do with them. and yes they do sometimes just say “they don’t own it” if they don’t care to sell it
it’s called Bona Vacantia if you want to go look it up instead of huffing and puffing over it
That title is not even Pratchett anymore, that’s straight Adams.
I feel like the developer should actually get some legal advice. In the U.K., “the crown” does not refer to the monarchy, but some legal entity that might as well be the state.
One source: https://harperjames.co.uk/article/bona-vacantia-buying-ip-from-the-crown/
I loved this game.
I loved that game and because of it, I bought all of the books. It has a lot of wild puzzles haha
Yeah, I remember a few puzzles were so hard. I doubt I’d have the same patience these days.
Same problem as the old Infocom Hitchhiker’s Guide adventure, I think. They’d prioritised making ‘Discworld’ puzzles over puzzles that were fun, interesting or made any sense. The animation, voice acting still make it an entertaining game if you’ve got a guide next to you, and it’s great seeing how they’ve interpreted what’s in the books onto the screen. The design hasn’t aged well, though?
Such a fan that you’ve gone with the username, too? Good stuff.
