[casual_games] game copyright

[Alex Soler]

> btw, do I think it's "wrong" that big corporations
> with big moolah have all the advantages in this setup?
>  Hell yeah!  But the law is and has never ever been
> about right or wrong.  As long as the law says so
> people will do what they are allowed under the law.
> Unless one's willing to pick up guns and fight in the
> streets I think it's pointless to discuss these types
> of matters in such moralistic views.

Here in Europe we still have some "room" for the moralistic debate, since
software patents EU laws have not been aproved yet, mainly because the big
opossition that the proposed law is getting from all the people and sectors
that know a little bit about the issue (and are not Microsoft or HP).

The European Parlament, elected directly by the citycens, is agains, while
the European Comision and the European Council, (which represent the
interests of the european gobernments) are pushing on the same side as the
big companies (sad, isn't it?)

But the battle is not over and I asume one day the big ones will also win
here, so I'm also getting interested in pattent law :-(.

Also because we live in a global world and US regulations also afect us, at
least if we wanna sell to US, I sopose.

Alex Soler

(here is some news taken from cnet):
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Europe rejects patent proposal
By Ingrid Marson
Special to CNET News.com
Published: July 6, 2005, 6:12 AM PDT

A government representative said that 648 out of 729 members of the European
Parliament voted Wednesday to reject the proposal, called the Computer
Implemented Inventions Directive, which would have widened the extent to
which software could be patented .

The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, or FFII, described the
decision as a "great victory for those who have campaigned to ensure that
European innovation and competitiveness is protected from monopolization of
software functionalities and business methods."

While many software developers have spoken out against the directive from
the start, large companies have lobbied in its favor, often via campaign
groups such as the Business Software Alliance, CompTIA and the Campaign for
Creativity.

These groups and the companies behind them, such as Microsoft and IBM, have
put significant money and effort into arguing their cause.

The future of the directive is currently unclear. It is possible that a
revised version could be debated in the future. But back in March, Charlie
McCreevy, a member of the European Commission, said the Commission would not
resubmit a new directive if the Parliament chose to reject the current
version.