Elite: Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG stymied by intellectual property dispute
Found on Ars Technica on Saturday, 11 February 2017
Spidermind informed Ars that the complaint was lodged by Chris Jordan, apparently acting for Ian Bell, or at least on behalf of a LLP bearing Bell's name. Bell is the co-creator of the original 1984 Elite.
Jordan's complaint appears to hinge on whether or not the Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game uses intellectual property from the original 1984 Elite—some of which Chris Jordan states he owns on behalf of Ian Bell and Ian Bell Elite Rights LLP.
Copyrights should be tied to the original creator and inventor only; that way copyright trolling would come to a quick end and lots of useless LLC's would vanish, taking their extort business plans with them.