[casual_games] game copyright

[Austin Haas]

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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> [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>
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