Video games and copyright law - What's copyrightable? When does copyright start?
Ars Technica – Law and Disorder
- Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as “hackers”
- Tim Cook tells Congress why Apple won’t move $100 billion back home
- Airbnb host gets fined $2,400 for breaking hotel laws
- Senate report shows Apple avoided billions in taxes on foreign income
- Brocade and A10 settle patent case one hour before a jury hears it
Techdirt
- Angry Judge Tells Prenda To Stop Falsifying Alan Cooper's Signature; Calls It Fraud
- More Details Emerge On Key Legal Fight Over DMCA Abuse
- NYC Says Renting Out Your Place Via Airbnb Is Running An Illegal Hotel
- If You Think You Should Actually Own Products You Bought, Now Would Be A Good Time To Call Congress
- Makers Of Nutella Force Fan Who Created World Nutella Day To Shut It Down [Updated]
The Art Law Blog
- "So while Cariou v. Prince can rightly be considered a victory for appropriation art to some extent ..."
- Richard Dorment on the Warhol Foundation
- Six of one
- "Since the full price of artworks donated to charity are not tax deductible for the artist, new records are a major incentive for their participation."
- Much Better Than The Impractical Advice Panel
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When No Use is Fair Use
User-generated content (“UGC”) is ubiquitous on the Internet. Sites develop around providing users a platform to upload their creations. Yeah, well, technically a lot of that stuff’s illegal. Modders, mixers, or makers of machinima may participate in the free exchange of creative material, yet strict application of copyright law may criminalize them as willful infringers…
Video Games: Fixation 101
When most people think of a video game fixation, it conjures up images of a teenager spending hours and hours staring into a screen. Fixation means something much different within the law. To qualify for copyright protection a work must be “fixed in a tangible medium of expression.”
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