Week 8: legal questions

1)      If I had a Gaming company what would I need to obtain to expand my business  in other countries?

2) What are the necessary criteria to pursue- counterfeiting against an offending party in the court system?

3) What do copyright laws protect when it comes to “ideas” for videogames?

4) Why is it that there are games that clearly are based on another game such as CandyCrush which is based off Bejeweled, and is able to be made and sold to consumers legally?

5) How does a Gaming company and/or person(s) apply copyright laws to their videogames?

6) I have read that Mod chips are illegal to install in a hardware system due to the dismantling of the console and warranty, but there seemed to be an underlying reason (example Nintendo) What are possible legal reasons that this is so ?

7) Can Websites and/or Internet Content Providers be Held Liable for Violation of Intellectual Property Rights if they are Only Providing Links to Illegal Software and/or Other Illegal Devices?

8) How does the opinion or agreement of videogames in the Courts being treated as a true form of expression will impact the Gaming Industry?

9) What are videogames lacking to not be considered as a form of expression like movies or books?

10) If I created a videogame with a violent aspect to it and a person were to act out in real life those violent aspects could I be held liable? (most recent example: an 8yr old boy killed his grandmother after playing grand theft auto in Louisana)