Perkins Coie：游戏规则：视频游戏的规则和机制是否可版权？（英文版）

The video game industry has long been characterized by game developersborrowing gameplay features from earlier releases to develop their own new andinnovative games. This practice has persisted due to the widespread belief thatthe rules ofvideo games are excluded from copyright protection under $ 102(b)ofthe Copyright Act, either for being too abstract or for having a functionalnature. This Article is the first scholarly work to argue that this belief is mistaken and that none ofthe $ 102(b)e