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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 6084624" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>BBC News is now covering this:</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003</a></p><p></p><p>Apparently Wil Wheaton retweeted Morrus's statement about this. Neil Gaiman also has been on twitter about this.</p><p></p><p>The Guardian ran a story about it the other day too. Judging from replies to the LJ post that started this, the estates of every major sci-fi writer who used the term "space marine" (including Heinlein) have been told, and it looks like the entire sci-fi field is uniting on this one against GW. Also, judging by replies to the LJ post, the author in question has received multiple offers of pro-bono legal assistance.</p><p></p><p>If you look at the wikipedia entry for "space marine", they have a long list of media where the term has appeared, including in recent video games that had nothing to do with GW, including ones by big names like Electronic Arts.</p><p></p><p>I think GW just might have bit off more than they can chew with this one, a lot of companies and a lot of big personalities are not happy with this, and it's getting mainstream media attention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 6084624, member: 14159"] BBC News is now covering this: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003[/url] Apparently Wil Wheaton retweeted Morrus's statement about this. Neil Gaiman also has been on twitter about this. The Guardian ran a story about it the other day too. Judging from replies to the LJ post that started this, the estates of every major sci-fi writer who used the term "space marine" (including Heinlein) have been told, and it looks like the entire sci-fi field is uniting on this one against GW. Also, judging by replies to the LJ post, the author in question has received multiple offers of pro-bono legal assistance. If you look at the wikipedia entry for "space marine", they have a long list of media where the term has appeared, including in recent video games that had nothing to do with GW, including ones by big names like Electronic Arts. I think GW just might have bit off more than they can chew with this one, a lot of companies and a lot of big personalities are not happy with this, and it's getting mainstream media attention. [/QUOTE]
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