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Copyright Protection For Video Games: The Courts In The Pac-Man Maze, Mary Patricia Culler
Copyright Protection For Video Games: The Courts In The Pac-Man Maze, Mary Patricia Culler
Cleveland State Law Review
Copyright has proved to be an appropriate form of protection for video games. However, the application of copyright law to protect the audiovisual displays and underlying computer programs of video games has become possible only since the revision of the Copyright Act 7 in 1976. Of further significance, has been the development of the law of copyright in the subject areas of computer programs, games, and characters. However, the nature of copyright law is such that the final determination of the protection to be afforded a given game actually rests on policy grounds rather than on an application of black-letter …
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.