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How Minecraft sidesteps legal issues
While games like City of Heroes have been subject to copyright lawsuits, as part of a new Gamasutra feature, law professor Greg Lastowka explains how the online indie mega-hit avoids legal troubles. Whether by necessity or by design, the “create anything” game manages to isolate itself from legal issues by one simple fact: it does not host user-created content, writes Lastowka. Marvel sued NCsoft over City of Heroes character creator, which players used to duplicate …
