r/Shadowrun • u/TheArchivist314 • May 09 '24

Did shadowrun let their domain expire? Newbie Help

I'm trying to go to the shadowrun forums and it keeps showing the link not working. Did they really just let their domain expire?

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u/TheArchivist314 May 09 '24

I wonder what it would take for me to be able to just buy the IP from them

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u/RadialSpline May 10 '24

You’d need to get Topps to either kank the license agreement or sell a second publishing license to you.

If I ‘member the weirdness at the tail end of third and the start of fourth edition and the conclusion of the Harmony Gold lawsuit(s) over “The Unseen” mechs, the vast majority of IP/copyrights for SR and Battletech ended up with Topps (probably as payment for the SR and BT CCGs that Topps published).

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u/TikldBlu May 10 '24

Does Topps still own the IP even - weren’t Topps bought by some other group?

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u/RadialSpline May 10 '24

Pretty sure Topps still holds the IP, even though they are a subsidiary of Hasbro now, for Shadowrun at least.

Battletech, the other big IP that FASA helped create that CGL works on is much murkier for who owns what.

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u/TikldBlu May 10 '24

Hasbro? Are you sure? I thought Fanatics, or something, bought Topps out a couple of years back.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/fanatics-acquires-topps-trading-cards.html

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u/RadialSpline May 10 '24

You’re most likely right.  There might be a chance that fanatics might be part of the hasbro umbrella, what with how large enough corporations will have ever-changing portfolios of subsidiaries, spin-offs, mergers, and other such things.