Are board game rules copyrightable?

Post date: 2020-08-05 06:37:50
Views: 417
The actual written language that appears in the rulebooks for board games is obviously copyrighted. But would an implementation of those rules violate copyright? For example, if I built a web-based version of Scrabble (or Monopoly, or 2nd Edition AD&D) – without using the commercial game's name or imagery – would it get sued out of existence?
Number of Comments
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Anthropic will be 'most ridiculous IPO' of year, analyst says
Trading platform Webull's China ties create national security risk, congressional panel finds; stock drops 18%
SpaceX’s plans to buy more Nvidia GPUs is keeping Jim Cramer bullish on the chip stock
Trump trade chief Greer reports higher cash holdings as law firm pay topped $650K
Trump awarding medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech execs at science summit
Movie: Queen Margot
Ted Lasso: Being Alive
Kill Jackie: Season 1
Movie: Digger
Line of Fire: Pilot