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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 …