[game_edu] Readings, Libraries & Copyright

[Nic Colley]

The only option I am aware of close to this would be gametap. They  
have a lot of old games and current.

-Nic
Mobile Edition

On Sep 20, 2009, at 10:39 PM, "Andrew Brockert" <andrewjb at WPI.EDU>  
wrote:


> 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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