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Analysis of a legal case discussing whether the commercial distribution of user-created levels for Duke Nukem 3D constitutes a derivative work under U.S. copyright law and whether such use infringes FormGen’s copyrights.
Year: 1998
Jurisdiction: United States, Ninth Circuit
Topic: Copyright Infringement, Video Games
Document Type: Court Opinion
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judge: Kozinski, Circuit Judge
Parties: Micro Star; FormGen Inc., GT Interactive Software Corp., Apogee Software, Ltd.
Legal Issue: Copyright infringement of user-created video game levels and derivative works
Procedural Posture: Appeal from district court decision on preliminary injunction and copyright claims
Relevant Law: 17 U.S.C. § 106(2); Copyright Act definitions of derivative works
Case Outcome: District court granted preliminary injunction on use of screenshots; copyright infringement claims considered on appeal
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