[game_edu] Readings, Libraries & Copyright

[Andrew Brockert]

I don't know about .au, but in .us, that might fall under fair use.  You 
may also want to contact the publisher (usually the copyright holder on 
the finished game) for confirmation.  If they're defunct or otherwise 
don't respond, I'd consider it fair game for fair use.  Disclaimer: 
IANAL (yet).

Malcolm Ryan wrote:

> As a lecturer in game design, I want to set a 'reading list' of games 

> for my students to play. In other disciplines the University has 

> standard copyright arrangements which allow them to make sets of 

> readings available to students at little or no cost, but there doesn't 

> seem to be any appropriate arrangement for software.

>

> Have you encountered this problem? How have you addressed it?

>

> I know that a lot of good cutting-edge independent work is available 

> cheaply or for free online, but I don't want to be forced to exclude 

> AAA titles from examination. Ideally I would like to set up a library 

> of games but I am worried about the copyright  and licensing issues. 

> Does anyone know more about this?

>

> Malcolm

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