The Legal Aspects Of Emulations And Emulators

The network effects in the video game industry are derived from the console system that is sold to consumers. If a company is able to increase penetration in this arena, though at-cost/ below-cost pricing or pull created through the development of desirable content, it can potentially lock in the added value of the video games sold for the system. Which is to say, the console locks-in the network effects in the industry and the games serve to reap the profits. The video games, however, may present something of a challenge in that they can be somewhat easily replicated by competitors. Nintendo used an encrypted chip system to reduce this possibility.

Alex Weiss wrote, “Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing” which compares virtual laws to real life laws. The thesis of his argument is “video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; they are escapism” (Weiss). He is saying that what happens in a video game should stay in a video game. It should have no correlation to the outside world. One an example he gives to support his thesis is,” These projects may seem foolish to those outside of the gaming world but they represent a great a deal to their creators. And these hopes and dreams can be destroyed rapidly by another player who just wan to be a jerk” (Weiss 732). He says right there that a player could spend months on making something when in just

Video games are a fast growing form of technology. This issue has to be discussed because of the two confronting sides that embark it. Because of the issue video games have to either continue growing as they are or they have to be stopped completely or a settlement between the two parties has to be

Although, seeing as video games are increasingly popular today, not everyone met as unfortunate of a fate. Today, many could credit this to the video game development corporation known as Atari, which arose in 1972 and continuously flourished until about 1982. In 1972, Atari came out with PONG, the first electronic arcade game, and it was an enormous accomplishment that exploded into what is now called the electronic gaming revolution. As time passed, Atari managed to triumph over its competition time and time again, but that is not to say that each of the failed corporations did not feature something that is used today. In fact, a couple of the failed organizations contributed something original to what is common today. For instance, Fairchild Camera and Instrument creating the first system that could play several different games, rather than just one. Another aforementioned group, RCA, was the first to produce and utilize keypad controllers instead of paddles or joysticks. Other consoles that came along, such as Intellivision and Vectrex, sported better graphics than the Atari’s consoles and games, but they still did not manage to gross the amount of money that Atari did because Atari was still on top of collecting all of the most entertaining and enjoyable games of their time. Keep in mind what attracted the masses to video games in the past: fun and addictive gameplay, not how good they looked. Now that the principal eras of gaming have been

• Every company produce video game for different consoles, consoles are developed new generations fast, game developer should compete to gain license for new generation console.

I believe that in the future the arcade industry won’t develop at all. Even though the technology used on arcade machines is not as advanced as the other platforms more popular nowadays and most, if not all of the games played on arcade machines can now be played on other platforms, they are still fun and give the player an experience that they can’t get from

Unlicensed software use continued to be a major problem in 2013. Indeed, 43 percent of the software installed on PCs around the world was not properly licensed, an uptick from 42 percent in 2011. The commercial value of the unlicensed installations was $62.7 billion. (The Compliance Gap, 2014). As we can see piracy of software and other digital media is a global problem that adversely affects many businesses and the welfare of employees and consumers.

One drawback with these video games is that there is no picking up the game from the left off and so the games had to go all the way to the beginning of the game and start new. Galoob introduced Game genie, which when plugged into the Nintendo Entertainment system would grant the wishes of the players by altering some of the aspects of the game. Such as, granting additional lives to the gamer’s on-screen character, giving them additional magical powers, increasing the speed at which these characters can travel. Thus, allowing the gamers to alter the game as they wish for their personal enjoyment. However, Nintendo is not pleased with Galoob’s Game genie and sued Galoob for copyright infringement. Nintendo’s argument was that Galoob has infringed its video game copyrights by the creation of derivative work. After careful consideration of the proofs submitted and analyzing the briefings set forth by both the parties involved, three of the four rulings of district court favored Galoob and therefore vacated the pending preliminary infringement injunction set forth on it for the following reasons. The court decided that Galoob is neither a direct nor a contributory infringer under 17 U.S. Code. § 101, since the consumers only used Game genie to temporarily alter the game attributes just to personalize the game as per their preferences. Therefore, such an alteration of the game by the consumers does not contribute to the creation of the derivative work. Even

It comes to know surprise that kids in our current generation have relied heavily on technology for their entertainment, which means that there must be over million shows, video games, television, videos, and so forth, for the public to choose from. With the video game market rising year after year, it is bound to fall under a certain system. Many studies have brought the attention to the idea of the

With the competition in the video games industry getting more intense, the next steps of the video game companies become more crucial for their positioning on the market. Due to the low product differentiation, the next market leader will be the platform provider that manages to offer an innovative gaming experience and a wider population of buyers that include all demographics. Although the industry is being totally dominated by Nintendo’s console, the industry is still considered to show a

Reason being, the use of Game Genie by the consumers is intended for private and non-commercial purposes only. Moreover, Galoob is neither a direct or contributory infringer of Nintendo’s copyrighted works. The Ninth Circuit court also affirmed with the district court’s judgement in favor of Galoob, stating that Galoob did not violate any Nintendo’s copyrights but rather constituted fair use under copyright law. Therefore, Galoob is not entitled to either temporary or permanent injunction. The court also emphasized the importance of innovation and the need to allow innovative ideas stating that Game Genie is an important innovation. I agree with the court comments since any acts that would suppress Galoob’s Game Genie is a suppression of innovative ideas which would freeze the free flow of information, ideas as well as

This report aims to demonstrate the pros and cons of software piracy and downloading copyrighted material in comparison with law legislations. The history and outline of how piracy first began, followed by a detailed investigation of the positive and negative issues, including the law aspect.

The role of technology is vital in this industry as it focuses on technological efforts for competitive advantage. Every new development uses new technology. Though there are restricted innovations in the gaming industry, the speed of technological transfer is very high. Nintendo’s role from playing cards to toys to video games and then with each console introduced, included many technological changes. Technological up gradation increased hardware costs and discouraged innovation. The online capability of Nintendo Wii was a major change in the technology of the video game industry though they were not able to do as well as their competitors (Sony, Microsoft).

Slide 4: The threat of new entrants is high, as the most talented producers can start their own studios. There are fairly low barriers to entry in video game software. The threat of substitutes is high, since video games are simply another form of entertainment, just about anything can be a substitute. A major new

According to the speech by Thomas Yih (2010), the assistant president and general counsel, Shanda Games Limited, the developing scale of online gaming in China could be described by numbers, including the number of the broadband users exceeded the entire population of America and the complex annual growth rate of China 's internet users was 36 percent from 2005 to 2009. By the end of this period, the number of online game players in China reached 296 million, occupying more than two thirds of the total internet user in the nation. Not only Shanda Games Limited noticed the big opportunity, but also many commercial subjects has been attracted by its predictable business outlook. Therefore, severe conflicts related to copyright infringement between different companies during the competition convey the significance of protecting copyright in China.