Madden NFL creator loses appeal

"Madden NFL" creator loses appeal on copyright of video games
Electronic Arts will win because Robin Antonick failed to introduce the source in an attempt to show how the next versions of the game resembled its original.

Electronic Arts will win because Robin Antonick failed to introduce the source in an attempt to show how the next versions of the game resembled its original.
A further review was requested by a US district court to sweep away the Madden NFL Football creator Robin Antonicks profit-making profit of $ 11 million confirmed.

In 2011, Antonick cited Electronic Arts Madden 17 Coins for having breached a development agreement he signed in 1986, entitling him to royalties on the derived versions of Madden's game. Although this was a contract dispute, he was entitled to royalties for derivatives of the original version of Apple II "under the US copyright law," which he had review judge of the process arguments about things like the game wide width dets , The attributes of virtual and 'theatrical players and formations' can be protected.

A California federal judge just allowed enough for Antonick to go trial, where he scored a touchdown in 2013 with a $ 11 million verdict. But a few months later, the judge filed a legal assessment of EA's service with the conclusion that there was insufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that Apple II game and subsequent Sega versions were "almost identical".