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[Dan Rosenthal]

Beth,

I'm confused about something that you mentioned in your initial post.  
When you said "...afford video games greater copyright protection as  
expressive audiovisual works..." greater than what?  Or do you mean  
greater as in "more likely to qualify for protection in the first  
place?"

-Dan Rosenthal
http://www.gameslaw.net

On Apr 11, 2009, at 8:24 PM, deb s wrote:


> For a legal analysis, you could read Brenda Brathwaite's Sex in  

> Video Games book (http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Video-Games-Brenda-Brathwaite/dp/1584504595 

> ).  The book is excellent and a fun read, and if you look at the  

> chapter on US Supreme Court rulings related to obscenity  

> prosecutions, you'll find some discussion on whether the Court  

> treats games as works of art or merely "digitized pinball  

> machines".  Disclaimer: I wrote that chapter ;)

>

> It relates more to criminal prosecution than copyright law, but  

> might be an interesting related approach.

>

> Deb Solomon

> www.studygaming.com

>

> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Beth Smith <creativetruth at yahoo.com>  

> wrote:

> Hello All,

>

> I am interested in referrals regarding any recent articles, papers,  

> journals, books, etc., which discuss why video games are more akin  

> to art than to say, for example, functional computer interfaces.

>

> Specifically, I would love to hear about any resources you are aware  

> of that would afford video games greater copyright protection as  

> expressive, audiovisual works.  Anything you can suggest that would  

> liken games to other art forms, i.e. literature, movies, television  

> etc would be of particular interest to me.

>

>

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