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Imua Law’s Mona Ibrahim discusses West v. Activision
Imua Law attorney Mona Ibrahim has a new article on Gamasutra discussing former Infinity Ward developers Jason West's and Vince Zampella's wrongful termination and breach of contract lawsuit against Activision.
Check out Mona's article here.
And for some entertaining reading, Kotaku is hosting a copy of the complaint—a masterpiece in bashing the opposition.
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Superfast book scanner is only scary if you’re holding a buggy whip.
A new super-fast book scanner is being called "scary" by some, but it really raises no questions that society hasn't faced before.
Benefits of Copyright Registration
While it is true that copyright protection for a creative work vests in the author of that work from the moment it becomes fixed in a tangible medium of expression, you shouldn't ignore the incredibly strong benefits of registering your work with the U.S. Copyright Office. This article discusses some basics of copyright law and why registration is such a good idea.
First Steps: Using Copyright to protect your work
According to copyright law, you are a creative artist.
For some of you, this isn’t news—you may already think of yourself as an artist of some sort, maybe a copywriter, a photographer, or a graphic designer. Some of you even make a living from your work. But copyright law doesn’t care; it treats the crayon scribblings of my 2-year old exactly the same as the latest David Hockney painting. If you write a blog, sketch on a napkin, take a vacation snapshot, or author some Javascript code then you’re covered under the law.
Of course, nobody’s going to confuse my son’s drawings with a Hockney (he’s more of a Pollack), but copyright law leaves it to the marketplace to determine the relative value of creative works. The law itself grants equal protection to all creations, from a short video captured on a cell phone to the latest Steven Speilberg film, or from a simple blog post to the next J.K. Rowling novel.
If you already think of yourself as an artist, you may have a rough concept about what rights you get under copyright law (although you probably haven’t looked much at specifics). But even if you don’t directly profit from your work, you should still learn what rights you are afforded under the law.