Virtual Legality #16 - Copyright and "Dreams" (Hoeg Law)

Key Points

• Dreams, a game creation engine by Media Molecule, allows players to create and share content, raising questions about the legality of recreating copyrighted material like PT and Dead Space within the game.
• Media Molecule and Sony are likely to remove player-created content that infringes on copyrights if reported or if the intellectual property holder requests it, despite having measures in place to prevent such infringements.
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act offers protection to service providers like Sony and Media Molecule against liability for copyright infringement, provided they act expeditiously to remove infringing material upon gaining knowledge of it.