> Are you unaware of the recent Scrabble issue on > the iPhone? You are probably referring to Scrabulous on Facebook. As far as I am aware, this also was mainly a trademark issue. Hasbro has claimed copyright on the game itself, but of course, that doesn't really mean much.
> I don't think you see my point, which is that an operating system/ > community/environment that openly disregards intellectual property > rights is, in my humble opinion, doomed to failure from the get-go > from the inability to form a viable business model for anyone > involved. I don't see this happening. However, at the very least within this thread, TTC's factual intellectual property rights are in dispute. See, I think we all here believe in copyright. Some however may believe that copyright should expire at some point (which in fact it does). Some may believe that the rules of a game like "Tetris" should not be covered by copyright. Evidence I've seen so far seems to suggest that indeed they aren't. Laws also differ between different countries. Clearly, it's a judgment call how far intellectual property rights should go. Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
