[Coco] [Color Computer] Need to know if I'm in safe waters here

[James Diffendaffer]

That may also mean that some of the old games that were clones of
arcade machine games do not have valid copyrights.
They were certainly closer copies of the arcade machines than KC
Munchkin(?) was of PacMan.

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at ...>
wrote:
>
> Not only that but
> The Ninth Circuit held that "Originality is the indispensable
> prerequisite for
> copyrightability." North Coast Industries. v. Jason Maxwell, Inc., 972
> F.2d 1031
> (9th Cir. 1992). The Supreme Court agreed that originality is a
> constitutional
> requirement for copyrightability.
> There were other almost identical 'mouse' characters at that time, none
> of which were Disney. I've seen one (Micky Mouse
> <http://www.middletownborough.com/Community/history/micky_1926.asp> ) on
> the Antiques Roadshow. It could be argued that Disney copied those (he
> wasn't much for originality). BTW, Disney are trying to find a way to
> copyright Snow White and the other fairy  tales for themselves!
> 
> Neil
>