[casual_games] game copyright

[BRENT SILBY]

Yes, I remember that one. Also, a friend of mine was asked by Namco to pull his Pacman and Galaxian clones from his site. Admittedly they were identical copies, so I guess they had a legal right to ask for their removal.

Brent.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Austin Haas" <austin at pettomato.com>
To: "IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List" <casual_games at igda.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: [casual_games] game copyright


>I couldn't find anything through Google, but wasn't there a case a 
> couple years back where one of the cell phone companies had to pull an 
> unlicensed clone of Defender? Does anyone remember the details?
> 
> -austin
> 
> Austin Haas
> Pet Tomato, Inc.
> http://www.pettomato.com
> 
> tom gueterbock wrote:
>> 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 <http://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 <http://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 <http://www.RustyAxe.com>
>> 
>>     Lennard at RustyAxe.com <mailto:Lennard at RustyAxe.com>
>>     P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
>>     3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7
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