Finding Video Game Copyright

TCW Podcast Episode 195 - Finding Video Game Copyright   We look at copyrights and video games. Where did they come from? Were video games even creative works that could be copyrighted? If a video game is copyrightable is it like a book or like a movie? We look at how the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe answered these questions in game maker's long legal battles to combat counterfeiters, parallel importers, and more. Hey at one point it started a Yakuza war!   TCW 179 - Space Invaders and Nishikado: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/space-invaders-and-nishikado/ TCW 180 - Space Invaders Part II: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/space-invaders-part-ii/ Sea Wolf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipssJjkN2bY Depth Charge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTuJb4MLGzs IPM Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBtV4cqqkVQ Astro Blaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2kStMWBCs Star Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFLaa3bmiU Scramble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zO5pZJOjU The Simpsons - The Mob vs. Yakuza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte8bG9Bl-Q Street Fighter II Rainbow Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNIfE7A9q7Y   New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1     Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/