As an amalgam of an arcade icon with the gameplay of a simple puzzler and the superstructure of Candy Crush, Pac-Man Bounce is, by definition, derivative.
But the word "trading" was eventually struck from the final Senate bill's definition of derivatives platforms.
In this subsection, we give the definition of derivatives of set-valued mappings and their properties.
In this section, we propose the definition of derivatives of fuzzy set-valued mappings and investigate their properties.
The definition of "derivative work" does not require fixation.
The Act's definition of "derivative work," in contrast, lacks any such reference to fixation.
A definition of derivative work that makes criminals out of art collectors and tourists is jarring despite Lee's gracious offer not to commence civil litigation.
The court in Midway acknowledged that the Copyright Act's definition of "derivative work" "must be stretched to accommodate speeded-up video games". Id. at 1014.
49 The U.S. legislation expressly incorporates a definition of "derivative work", as happens for example when a cartoon character is turned into a puppet, or a tragic novel is turned into a musical comedy.
The current rage for video games was not anticipated in 1976, and like any new technology the video game does not fit with complete ease the definition of derivative work in Section 101 of the 1976 Act.
