games: legal protection without patent?

Posted by DSG on July 5, 2006, 10:34 p.m.

Sorry… lots of blogs… i deleted 1 so i could free up space…. this is my 4th 1 today? spaced out alot tho… hmmm….

anyway,

YEAH! i think i know a way of how to protect a game without a patent:

USER AGREEMENT

they have lots of power, u no. type a user agreement a person must click "i have read and fully understood, and agreed to the user agreement" to before playing a game saying thay cannot in any way reproduce, duplicate, or steal any aspect of the game and blah blah blah etc etc etc….

WHAT DO YOU THINK?? a good way to protect something atleast until a game gets patented??

i donno if USER AGREEMENTS actually need to be verified by law… as far as i no there is no legal paperwork but breeching a user agreement is grounds for sueing someone in a court

Comments

Maxcore 18 years, 4 months ago

Why don't you just copyright the game? What would be so patentable oin your game anyway?

OBELISK 18 years, 4 months ago

You must know that if you create a game/program,(or anything for that matter), you can copyright it by simply putting a copyright character next to the logo or whatever. If they steal your game, it is illegal if it has a copyright, and that can be taken to the officials or whoever.

Eternal 18 years, 4 months ago

That's not a legal patent, however. Putting that there just copyrights the name, phrase, or whatever you put it by.

He may not be able to registerr for a legal patent because he may be underage.

DSG 18 years, 4 months ago

yeah thats not a legal patent so NO its not protected by law.

DSG 18 years, 4 months ago

plus patents take almost half a year to be accepted, filed, and legal

noshenim 18 years, 4 months ago

put heavy credits on the game (user name(s) at site name(s) name, copyrght symbol) and no one will try to steal it if it's not a gm6/gmd file.

DSG 18 years, 4 months ago

lol good idea and i NEVER post a .gm6 file.

frenchcon1 18 years, 4 months ago

yes.

DSG 18 years, 4 months ago

…yes what??

noshenim 18 years, 4 months ago

maybe agreeing to me?