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Draft Of Conceptual/Linguistic Analysis - 1984, Wendy J. Gordon
Draft Of Conceptual/Linguistic Analysis - 1984, Wendy J. Gordon
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Conceptually, what I'm interested in here is the extent to which the labels “tort” and “property” have utility. So I am interested in discovering also what these categories mean, how they can be used, and the danger in their misuse.
Federal Copyright Law In The Computer Era: Protection For The Authors Of Video Games, Jeffrey B. Mahan
Federal Copyright Law In The Computer Era: Protection For The Authors Of Video Games, Jeffrey B. Mahan
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment analyzes both the manner and scope of copyright protection currently afforded computer video games. It then discusses the means available under federal copyright laws to protect the underlying computer program and concludes that the game should be regarded as a unit. The effect of treating the game as a unit of audiovisual and computer elements—as opposed to considering only the audiovisual display—will be to raise certain appropriations to the level of copyright infringement.