--- title: Ultima Creator Is Reportedly Planning to Take Series... description: Richard Garriott, creator of the Ultima RPG series, is preparing to reclaim copyright to his original work from Electronic Arts. US copyright law allows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ultima-creator-is-reportedly-planning-to-take-series-back-from-ea-osl8u18c6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ultima Creator Is Reportedly Planning to Take Series Back from EA | daily.dev og:description: Richard Garriott, creator of the Ultima RPG series, is preparing to reclaim copyright to his original work from Electronic Arts. US copyright law allows... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ultima-creator-is-reportedly-planning-to-take-series-back-from-ea-osl8u18c6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oSL8u18C6.png og:image:alt: Ultima Creator Is Reportedly Planning to Take Series Back from EA og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ultima Creator Is Reportedly Planning to Take Series Back from EA **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Richard Garriott, creator of the Ultima RPG series, is preparing to reclaim copyright to his original work from Electronic Arts. US copyright law allows creators to reclaim copyrighted works after 35 years, making 2027 the earliest Garriott can act. EA recently filed a new Ultima trademark, prompting Garriott to confirm his plans. Notably, the reclaim applies only to copyright — not trademarks — meaning EA retains the Ultima brand name while Garriott would regain rights to the original code and creative work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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