Elite: Dangerous crowdfunding campaign reinstated after copyright flap [Updated]

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Update: Spidermind Games responded to our request for a statement.

After a three-week pause due to a copyright complaint, Kickstarter has un-frozen the crowdfunding campaign for Spidermind Games' Elite: Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG. The campaign's page is back online as of 21:45 GMT.

The complainant appears to have been an individual named Chris Jordan, who filed the complaint on behalf of Ian Bell Elite Rights LLP. Ian Bell is the co-creator of the original 1984 space combat and trading simulator Elite. Bell and partner David Braben parted ways after Elite, with Bell pursuing other interests while Braben continued developing the Elite series (Braben also was instrumental in the development of the Raspberry Pi).

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