Another example. When you think about Mortal Kombat and Raiden. Some other game had that name in it but they spelt it differently and for a while copyright was a problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Montezuma's Return announcement
> Only I think if it used the same character names to which you also had > copywrite, ---- Eg, if this other Montizumas return had a doctor angela > summers. rolling skulls, snakes and other enemies are so generic, that if > they were copywrite, not many games at all would be able to use them even > if > the names were similar, ----- Eg, both the mainstream games Tetris and > columns, which have amazingly similar gameplay and were on rival systems > at > the time have combo point bonuses, refer to their falling matchable > objects > as blocks, have a speed mode etc. > > some games have even taken it further,---- streetfighter had a wandering > martial artist called Ryu, Art of fighting had Ryo. > > Heck! even names can be mucked about with, the game primal rage even had a > character called sauron, ----- though pronounced soron, not in the > traditional tolkeen way. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
