Afraid Someone Will Steal Your Game Design Idea?

Lemeowski writes "Game studios go to great lengths to protect their IP. But board game designer Daniel Solis doesn't subscribe to that philosophy. He has spent the past ten years blogging his game design process, posting all of his concepts and prototypes on his blog. Daniel shares four things he's learned after designing games in public, saying paranoia about your ideas being stolen "is just an excuse not to do the work." His article provides a solid gut check for game designers and other creatives who may let pride give them weird expectations."

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Re:Games are different

[Somebody Is Using My]

He's saying that the Judge smacked down Oracle's claim that they can copyright an API. Copyright weakened.

Meanwhile, another judge ruled that Xio, although using none of Tetris's code, still violates copyright because it infringes on the core concept or rules of the games. Copyright strengthened.