Game and Law Strategy Guidebook to Release July 24 With FF9 Artist Cover
The guidebook offers a practical legal reference for game developers, covering emerging issues like generative AI alongside classic concerns such as copyright and contracts, with illustrations from a well-known Square Enix artist.
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Lawyer Kotaro Maeno's "Game and Law Strategy Guidebook: Basic Knowledge to Support Development, Promotion, and Operation" will be released on July 24. The Q&A-format book covers 30 legal topics including copyright, contracts, generative AI, gacha, and cheating. Cover and interior illustrations are by Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles artist Toshiyuki Itahana. Vanillaware's Moriharu Kamiya contributed a recommendation comment for the obi.
Lawyer Kotaro Maeno's "Game and Law Strategy Guidebook: Basic Knowledge to Support Development, Promotion, and Operation" arrives July 24. The book uses a Q&A format with 30 questions covering copyright, contracts, generative AI, terms of service, gacha, cheating, and more. It also addresses family issues such as accidental in-app purchases. Cover and interior illustrations come from Toshiyuki Itahana, the artist behind Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Maeno, a fan, reached out to Itahana directly for the collaboration. The obi carries a recommendation comment from Vanillaware's Moriharu Kamiya: "I'm only interested in making games, I don't look at contracts, you know." Kamiya also suggested a gimmick for the obi.
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