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IP Rights For Games Made In School?

Posted by Soulskill on from the share-and-share-alike dept.

Gamasutra has a story questioning whether schools should be able to hold intellectual property rights on games created by students. The point out a recent incident in which a development team was unable to market a game they created, and another situation where a school overrode the creator's decision to withdraw the game from a contest. "What irks Aikman is that, after graduating, he and his team approached DigiPen, hoping it might change its policy and make an exception for the award-winning game, but the school wouldn't budge. 'They were dead set on not setting a precedent because, if they let us keep the IP, they were afraid other students would want the same. But I believe there's something wrong with the idea of DigiPen owning games it has no intention of doing anything with, while discouraging people like me who could really make use of our efforts and use it as a springboard to a career.'"

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  1. Re:Oh dear god! by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Funny

    I crap

    Some things are just better if kept to yourself.

  2. Re:Schools - A distorted reality by Detritus · · Score: 3, Funny

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    I'm just askin'.

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  4. Re:Schools - A distorted reality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Screw saving money on the wedding, think about how much time you can save on the divorce: There ya go honey, all the pictures of you from our wedding without me present! :D