Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Kölner Dom case



Kölner Dom in Second Life was made by two people and one of them claimed copyright in jointly designed textures ...


According to Video Game Law Blog...

The applicant claimed copyright in certain textures of the virtual "Kölner Dom", which was partly designed by her, and partly designed by the defendant. While the textures were designed to make the virtual building look like the real one, and photos were taken to achieve this aim, the applicant claimed that her work was protected under copyright law, as she had to adapt colors, brightness, and perspective.


and what is more interesting...

After a rather long elaboration of the various types of "work" which can be protected under copyright law, the court found that the textures were not suffiently original for copyright protection


Sounds little strange too me... but I'm not German lawyer and don't know all the details of this case.


More on Video Game Law Blog and GameLawBlog.de


IRL it looks like this...



ISL... (sorry... I couldn't found something better)



Some pictures of "Virtueller Kölner Dom" are also available here
But my advice is to check it in-world by yourself ;)

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One hour audio from Virtual Law Conference

Steve Mortinger, IBM's lawyer gave interesting lecture titled: "The Top Ten Things a Brand Should Know about Virtual Worlds"



Here you can download the record from the Conference.

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