[casual_games] game copyright

[David Wessman]

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 Check it out: http://www.antimonopoly.com/

The economics professor and his tiny business takes on the Big Business
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   - The originator of Monopoly(r): a woman
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   - A 10 year long vicious law suit
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   - (more...) <http://www.antimonopoly.com/the_book.html>



 On 11/4/05, BRENT SILBY <brent at def-logic.com> wrote:
>
> 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/> <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/> <
> http://www.smileproject.com>
> >>
> >> On 11/3/05, *Lennard Feddersen* <lennard at rustyaxe.com
> >> <mailto:lennard at rustyaxe.com <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/> <http://www.RustyAxe.com<http://www.rustyaxe.com/>
> >
> >>
> >> Lennard at RustyAxe.com <mailto:Lennard at 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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> >> --
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> >> http://www.smileproject.com
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