Star Control: Origins DMCA takedown has been defended by series creators after the game got pulled from digital distribution. Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche filed a lawsuit against Stardock last year regarding the game.
Star Control: Origins was pulled from Steam and GOG earlier this week. A DMCA claim was filed against the game during an ongoing copyright dispute between Stardock and Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III. The Star Control: Origins DMCA request comes after Stardock was denied an injunction to prevent that exact thing from happening.
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell published a statement on December 31 regarding the impending takedown of Star Control: Origins. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim is the latest in a long line of intellectual property and copyright disputes between Stardock and the original Star Control creators.
Stardock purchased the Star Control IP from Atari in 2013 during a bankruptcy auction, and revealed Origins in 2016. Ford and Reiche meanwhile believed they still controlled some part of the Star Control IP, and revealed Ghosts of the Precursors in late 2017 as a direct sequel to Star Control 2.
