Started by Dovahkiin, Aug 18, 2013, 06:20:23 PM
Quote from: KotakuControl's setting, a secretive government facility that studies supernatural happenings, is engrossing. If you can't get enough of the game's surreal atmosphere, perhaps you should check out the SCP Foundation, a community-run fiction archive that many speculated was an inspiration for Control. It turns out that speculation was correct. Kotaku spoke with the SCP Foundation and Control's director about the overlap between their expansive science fiction worlds.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Sep 24, 2019, 12:09:20 AMThis is one of the most f**ked up SCPs I've heard about so far.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOBku4gkMfY
Quote from: Still Collating... on Sep 24, 2019, 01:20:01 PMDamn, that's terrifying.
Quote from: Bloody DisgustingSix months ago it came to light that a Russian man, Andrey Duksin, took advantage of the trademark standards of the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property and trademarked the SCP Foundation name and logo within the Russian Federation and Eurasian Customs Union. Duksin defended this action, stating "[He is] putting a lot of money into promoting the universe and creating media content (arts, books, tabletop games, etc), I had to make sure no one shifty enough jumps in and profits on the PR I'm making. 'Cause in that case I'm losing the resource to get my own investments back." Duksin goes on to claim that "This doesn't matter for the community at all, because I've always supported the community's decisions..."Duksin revealed he was the trademark owner after a fan run merch store was kicked off of the Russian social media website, VK. Fans had posted onto a VK group about a link to the shop being blocked, Duksin writes "As far as I can see, 20+ people sent their money, at least 30000 rubles [~$500] as preliminary payment for their merch boxes," and pushes for customers to file a police report for fraud. Later, Duksin reveals that a year ago he paid 100,000 rubles (~$1400) to register the SCP Foundation trademark, and had "... contacted those guys and offered to coordinate our actions. They told me to f**k off. In turn, I contacted vk.com admins and kicked that group outta vk."Later, Duksin would openly admit to the SCPRU (Russian division of the SCP fandom) admins that he secured the trademark to pursue big-budget films and video games. Around the same time, other fans who managed SCP based VK groups shared their interactions with Duksin, you can read their transcripts (or view screenshots from VK) here.This brings us to today.Duksin is now threatening to shut down the SCP-RU website. For the last six months US and Russian SCP admins have tried to negotiate and work with Rospatent to dissolve the illegitimate trademark to no avail. This has to lead the US admin team to seek legal action, and they require help.