Re: Games

thanks Charles
you put your finger exactly on the sore spot: many companies will balk at a non-disclosure agreement unless they know you or know about you and are very keen on what you are doing... if they balk, you have no choice, don't go there.... basically they are telling you "loop back to previous position", i.e. develop your idea further, build a prototype, which means finding someone you can trust and perhaps share authorship with... as a previous post noted, it's about bringing your idea forward, not protecting it

have no illusions, there is no shortage of good ideas out there

Robert

• Original Message ----- From: "charles meyer" <chasm[_at_]lafn.org> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Games

> Rob,
>
> Those are sound facts ot be aware of so thanks for sharing them. But,
> John raised an interesting and valid point. What do you do if legal
> counsel is advising *not* to sign a NDA?
>
> Is there a middle ground or creative approach so both the new inventor
> and the company approached (e.g prototype manufacturer, etc.) are
> protected?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Charles.
>
>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:35:00 -0400
> Message-ID: <redirect-10781423[_at_]cni.org>
> From: "Robert Labossiere" <rlabossiere[_at_]cdnfilmcentre.com>
> References: <list-10755025[_at_]cni.org>
> Subject: Re: [CNI-(C)] Games
>
> This question has probably been put to rest by now. However, a further
> two
> cents worth for the archive:
>
> Generally, game concepts are not marketable to game publishers until
> they
> have been fleshed out (prototyped), i.e. at least partially coded. Game
> publishers deal primarily with developer (code or programming) studios
> and
> if that is where the client wants to take her idea, it would best be
> covered
> with a Non-Disclosure Agreement. A simple NDA would provide that the
> developer or team to whom the work is being presented understands that
> copyright in the work belongs to the presenter and that anything
> presented
> will be kept confidential.
>
> Rob Labossiere
> Toronto
>
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