PBMCube Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Folks, Here's what the US Copyright office states: https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMCube Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 8/23/2016 at 4:09 PM, True Valhalla said: By blatantly copying the expression of the rules and original unique designs, MarketJS are infringing upon the developer's copyright. The developer is within their rights to send a cease and desist letter at the very minimum. Disclaimer: IANAL Here's what the US Copyright office says: https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aWeirdo Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 06/06/2017 at 4:29 PM, PBMCube said: Folks, Here's what the US Copyright office states: https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.pdf That is for physical games. E.g. monopoly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMCube Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Is that a question or a statement? I recommend you do some research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieDevBateman Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/06/defining-tetris-how-courts-judge-gaming-clones/ Apologies if you've seen this, but for those who haven't, it's an excellent resource. This article on a tetris copyright decision is very good for understanding copyright law around games. Needless to say a straight up clone is illegal. If you want to be inspired by a game, you need to suitably differentiate from it. PBMCube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMCube Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 6/7/2017 at 11:09 PM, IndieDevBateman said: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/06/defining-tetris-how-courts-judge-gaming-clones/ Apologies if you've seen this, but for those who haven't, it's an excellent resource. This article on a tetris copyright decision is very good for understanding copyright law around games. Needless to say a straight up clone is illegal. If you want to be inspired by a game, you need to suitably differentiate from it. Outstanding article ... it is important because in US&UK courts use English law of precedence. This means once judge passes a ruling that ruling may used as a pre defence in future cases to interpret the law . The lesson is to sue in a French or German court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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