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Originally Posted by peter noble
In the Hatch books it states that: "Battlestar Galactica is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. All rights reserved."
But it always also states: "Based on the Universal Television series created by Glen A. Larson".
So I would surmise there is some contractual thing that says that it always has to be stipulated that Glen is the original creator, whether he gets a cut, I don't know.
This is also why Ronald D. Moore is credited with the "Developed by" credit in the new series as he only did an adaptation of the original material created by GAL.
Peter
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Excellently stated Peter. This is also why original BG events are alluded to in the Hatch novels and not described in detail.