[casual_games] game copyright

[Lennard Feddersen]

I played a pretty good Space Invaders clone in my browser from 
download.com so I was once again thinking about this issue when I posted 
the link.  I know that if I owned a strong back catalog I would want to 
take advantage of it so having clarification of the rules was and is 
interesting to me.

Sorry all about responding to Wills resume - I didn't notice that it was 
sent to the forum and just assumed it was a direct email.

Happy gamin',

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



BRENT SILBY 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.
>
> /DEF-LOGIC
> VIDEOGAMES
> www.def-logic.com <http://www.def-logic.com>/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Austin Haas" <austin at pettomato.com <mailto:austin at pettomato.com>>
> To: "IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List" <casual_games at igda.org 
> <mailto: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>
> >> [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Jason Van Anden
> >> *Sent:* 04 November 2005 11:16
> >> *To:* lennard at rustyaxe.com <mailto: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>
> >> <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> 
> <http://www.RustyAxe.com>
> >>
> >>     Lennard at RustyAxe.com <mailto: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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> >> --
> >> Jason Van Anden
> >> http://www.smileproject.com
> >>
> >>
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