Stern Electronics, Inc. v. Kaufman
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Stern Electronics Inc. v. Kaufman, 669 F.2d 852 (2d Cir. 1982), was a judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that Stern Electronics could copyright
the images and sounds in a game, not just the source code that produced them.
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
the images and sounds in a game, not just the source code that produced them.
See also
- K.C. Munchkin (Atari v. Philips): 7th Circuit reached the same decision
- Fighter's HistoryFighter's Historyis a series of competitive fighting games that were produced by Data East during the 1990s. The original Fighter's History was first released for the arcades in and then ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in...
(Capcom v. Data East): not all such images are copyrightable
External links
- 669 F2d 852 Stern Electronics Inc v. Kaufman at OpenJurist