I think the problem is that the law is likely to be applied differently to big organisations compared to individuals or smaller organisations, and that the intended purpose of copyright is mostly forgotten.
It was meant to protect creators ability to earn from what they produce for a while so that they would be encouraged to create and share with the world.
Big orgs monopolising access to scientific writing is not what it was for, and it definitely was not meant to have exceptions that let big orgs ignore the rights if creators in order to build software that then endangers the ability of individual creators to earn from what they create.
Not the commenter you asked but... I played Rapier Punch on the Vic20 and I can't remember anything else. I never knew anyone else with one so maybe not that popular?
I met the two brothers that made dizzy. They told me the that the IP is still owned by their old company and that's why they could never make more. It was one of my favourite games as a kid, played on the Amstrad CPC and it was sad to know there were never more due to this.
I agree with you on the ending. It felt like they intentionally left a lot unresolved to encourage calls for a second season, at the expense of the story. It would have been much better if there was some resolution to a few aspects and/or a hint at the fallout of the actions in the season.
I quite like them. And I don't mind Jehovah's witnesses. I can ignore or politely send them away without much hassle. But I think it's nice that they believe they can save people and actively try to do so. If I believed, I hope I would be a good enough person to try to save everyone else, too.
Of course, this doesn't apply to people who are trying to force people or demand poor treatment of people with different beliefs. It really depends where it comes from.
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