From: Peter Rothman Subject: Re: MISC: copyright & VR Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:08:39 -0700 Organization: scruz-net From: Peter Rothman Student@law.utas.edu.au wrote: > I am a law student from Tasmania, Australia and have had little luck > in finding any on-point material on legal issues with respect to VR > and copyright law. If anyone can give me a pointer, I would appreciate > it. > Generally speaking there is no difference between copyright for virtual reality software and other forms of software if that's what you are refering to. The procedure of copyrighting VR software is identical to that employed for copyrighting a word processor or spreadsheet. The web and new media more generally raise some interesting issues regarding copyright, ownership of media, the legality of linking to othher sites, inclusion via links, etc. To learn more about these check out the copyright website at http://www.benedict.com Follow the link to internet related/bleeding edge issues. Lance Rose has written some interesting articles about the potential legal rights of virtual personas and agents (similar to corporate law) in cyberspace as well as the application of trade dress law to protecting virtual objects. Trade dress law is conventionally used to protect the appearance of structures and product packaging such as the outer appearence of a restaurant chain or a box of soap. Enjoy... Peter ===================================================================== _______ _____ ___ _ _____ | ____ \ \ / | | | | ___] 2501 Mission Street | | \ \ | | | | | | | Santa Cruz, CA 95060 | | | | | | | | | | |__ Phone: (408) 469 - 1720 | | | | | | | | | | __] / Fax: (408) 469 - 1722 | | | | | | | | | | | / http://www.divelabs.com | |___/ / | | \ \/ | |__ / |______/ /___\ \/ |____] //// A B O R A T O R I E S , INC. =====================================================================