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Re: Game legality I forgot "probably", which should have followed the "might be" in the beginning. I cannot possibly know it -- merely speculate. For example, I could wonder if the poem by Alfred Tennyson, quoted by Sinclair, has firmly settled in public domain by now? Tennyson died in 1892...

On that, I could almost agree. Formally, it is an infringement. Practically, time will reveal what WB actually wants... including whether they like it (offer a license for commercialization), dislike it (interfere and stop the production, or perhaps proceed to sow their intellectual properties...

Re: Game legality I read the book last year -- despite which, that particular chapter is already somewhat blurred in my memory. Still, I think I can comment (if I manage to find time, I will re-read it this evening). It it were any easier to determine *where* a copyright holder draws their...

Re: Game legality The part about fair use deserves a separate post. Consequently, Babylon 5 might be theft. A commercial distribution... it contains limited extracts and quotations (not to speak of character names and conceptual similarities) from multiple protected works. Most were taken...

You can insist all you like, but I'll say again: in the field of intellectual property, in which I have worked as a professional for many years, infringement of copyright is very frequently not viewed as stealing. It is viewed as the actual offense it is -- without going for simple-minded name...

Re: Game legality Despite fair use *not* being the point of my arguments, I must nitpick here. Fair use has no exception against computer games. Actually, while format and media do matter, they matter relatively little. Selling or giving away... is much more likely to matter. The process of...

A) There was no taking. Only creating something of notable similarity. This is not stealing. I must continue to insist that you employ terms suitable to describe intellectual property. B) Whether it was wrongful... is not determined. You merely claim it to be wrongful. I claim the opposite...

By calling something "stealing" when it is not, you are not only harming the reputation of the people involved, but your own credibility too. Please avoid doing that. I must insist that you speak of intellectual property with terms referring to intellectual property. "Stealing" refers to...

With stories of time travel, apparently, one always runs into a paradox. A storyteller can only try hiding the cracks. Either the same matter ends up being in two places... or something else funny happens. No point in attempting to write around it. If one uses time travel, one should use it...

Re: Rangers Redux Thank you! :) Quite wonderful fragments of story. Most interesting reading, despite my limited time for reading anything (the temporary jump in demand is mostly dealt with, but incomlete projects are still too numerous).

Either fabrication... or trace amounts of a strong hallucinogen. I would suspect fabrication, to increase the price of old junk. Where profit motive exists, always suspect profit first and unlikely things second. Therefore, here is my summary: a) He possessed no other way of making decent...

With those options excluded... it simply must be a radio pantomime. :o

Or from another angle, leaving time alone... highly advanced probability calculations with limited data, presented in highly abstract form conductive to later deja vu. If one believed in seers (I personally prefer not to, since human mind does not appear to have such computing power) one might...

Memory itself... I believe could be read. At least, I cannot figure out a convenient excuse (aside from data being erased) for memories and experiences to be unredable for the Corps -- either via the artificial personality or another telepath. However, from my viewpoint... there appears to...

It appears likely... that compared to Talia, the artificial personality might not immediately have equal command of Ironheart's gift. I suspect this because while hidden, the artificial personality must have remained less active than Talia's real personality. It seems probable that it would...

Re: Commentary & Questions about Season 1 episode Every society is capable of xenophobia. Of forming mostly mistaken perceptions and clinging to them... even if there is no objectively provable reason. Of fearing change, and shunning what originates from outside. Humans do it -- both in...

I do believe Sinclair and Zathras did some refurbishing on the station. Two people cannot do much... but if one is qualified for commanding the station (good general knowledge) and the other a technical expert (even with a weak skill in multiplication by three) they could rid the station of...

Using the main docking bay would be logical. Entering a spinning station from the outside inwards, against centrifugal force might be possible... but is not fuel-efficient... and generally too complicated to receive preference. A computer could perform such a manouver... with precise and...

Re: Sheridan\'s Political Naivety - Late Season 2 Perhaps I need to refresh my memory. Which episode would you be referring to? Would you mean "The Fall of Night"? (The one where a Centauri cruiser, attempting to prevent a damaged Narn cruiser from leaving, attacked B5 and was destroyed.) I...

Re: Sheridan\'s Political Naivety - Late Season 2 Unless you damage your goals by doing something beyond your ability... setting your goals high is not naivete. Sheridan's attitude towards the Centauri and Narn... is not immature. He is merely playing his part of the game. He is a military...