[casual_games] game copyright

[tom gueterbock]

Hi Jason - personally I think it is it good for the business (that under US
law the idea for a game is NOT protected by copyright).  Like so many
creative industries, what we all create in the way of games is *mostly*
derivative.  By that I don't mean directly copied, but that every new idea
is born out of other influences, needs and experiences we have.  A new
version of Centipede would have to give something new and distinct to the
user - not just to satisfy the lawyers, but to make it worth playing at
all...
My tuppence worth, as we say over here.
Tom
 
Tom Gueterbock
www.3rdsense.com 

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From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Jason Van Anden
Sent: 04 November 2005 11:16
To: lennard at rustyaxe.com; IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] game copyright


Just curious, do you people out there think this is good or bad for the
business?

jason van anden
www.smileproject.com


On 11/3/05, Lennard Feddersen <lennard at rustyaxe.com
<mailto:lennard at rustyaxe.com> > wrote: 

I've often wondered about the legality of creating something like
another centipede game - this may be interesting to others who have 
wondered about it as well.

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.html

Happy game makin'

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7

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