> It had nothing to do with respect; it was a metaphor for Garriott's > professional relationship with EA. He does not work for EA, nor is he > the copyright holder of the Ultima franchise, so asking him for (legal) > permission was pointless.
I have to agree with Jim on this one. Similar to a lot of emulation sites that get the permission of programmers to post software, Garriott lost all rights to his work when he ran Origin into the ground and was forced to sell. Garriott made some really bad business decisions (letting Chris Roberts go overboard on the Wing Commander budgets being one of them) and as far as I've heard the story was FORCED to sell Origin to avoid bankruptcy. He is a great game designer, but Ultima IX didn't sell nearly as well as expected and virtually all other Origin franchises have been put on ice indefinetely. Had it not been for EA pulling their bacon out of the fire the company would have perished long ago. If I was EA I'd be trying to protect the one property left from Origin worth protecting. But that's just the scumbad lawyer in me talking. :-) Karl Kuras Visit Our House, the online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
