OMG. I’ll admit it you had me as well(lol)! See ya guys, Nick
On 3/31/09, Simon Jaeger <simon4...@gmail.com> wrote: > you are so evil! You actually had me on that one! > > > Simon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Vlasak" <p...@pcsgames.net> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:39 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] Sarah game infringes J.K. Rowling’s copyright > > > Just in: After four months of deliberating, Judge Robert Patterson has ruled > that the Sarah and the castle of witchcraft and wizardry game infringes J.K. > Rowling’s copyright in the Harry Potter series. > > According to the AP, Judge Patterson granted an injunction, ruling that > Rowling had proven that PCS Game’s “Sarah and the castle of witchcraft and > wizardry” would cause her irreparable harm as a writer. > > The suit, filed late last year against PCS Games, an independent game > developing company in Michigan, alleged that plans by Michigan-based game > developer PCS Games to sell a game, Sarah and the castle of witchcraft and > wizardry, who's Web site that serves as a rather daunting compendium of all > games for the blind, violated Warner and Rowling’s copyright and takes away > the future market for a similar game that Rowling and Electronic Arts plans > to develop. > > Here’s the opinion. > > Judge Patterson ruled in Rowling’s favor because the “Sarah game" > appropriates too much of Rowling’s creative work for its purposes.” He also > wrote that, “While the Sarah game, in its current state, is not a fair use > of the Harry Potter works, games that share the Sarah game’s purpose of > aiding blind game players of being able to play a Harry Potter game > generally should be encouraged rather than stifled.” > > Ethan Horwitz, an IP lawyer at King & Spalding, told the Law Blog: “What > Judge Patterson is saying is that when you look at fair use, one of the > dominant issues is, are you providing commentary or taking the value of the > work and selling it as your own? He decided that the value of the work was > being taken, that [Rowling] had the ability to develop the kind of game that > PCS Games was putting out, and that she’d indicated an intent to do so.” > > April Fool! > smiles, > Phil > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Listen to my weekly talk radio show every Tuesday night starting at 8 P.M pacific daylight time, 7 P.M standerd time. To listen, point your browser over to http://freecast.co.ukSkype Name: Nickster919 blog: http://chatter8712.klango.net klango name: chatter8712 Phone: 360-526-6509. Call the above number to get on the ir during my weekly show or to leave a message when I'm not on the air! Also, keep tabs on me through twitter. http://twitter.com/Nickster919 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
