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What ever happened to the Nokia Ngage, invent a game, vote online, get to go to Japan with 5000 Euro competition. Did someone win, did they get the prize???
You’d think I’d know about it wouldn’t ya?
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The competition fizzled out, which was a great shame.
the original thread is here
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Is it true that entrants to the nGage challenge competition signed away the rights to their ideas to the competition organisers? I guess you can’t copyright an idea but does this mean the organisers could develop these ideas into a game without consulting with the entrants? Musing to myself..
Aphra.
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As far as I remember the entrees had to sign away their intellectual rights to enter the competition.
And on their website it says:
One of the most important things to be aware of is that you are transferring all intellectual property rights (copyright etc) which you have in the game being entered to the competition to Upstart Games Limited (the company which owns, has organised and is running the N-GAGE Challenge).However in the downloadable rules it does say that:
Upstart reserves the right to develop all of the selected games and all ownership, copyright, intellectual copy rights etc in those game not selected go back to the orignal entrees.So i suppose it’s how you view the term ‘selected’. It could very well mean all the finalists or even semi finalists!
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It is, sadly, for these very reasons that we have decided not to enter any competitions of this nature. The rules do vary from competition to competition and so also does the interpretation.
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My undestanding is they kept the full rights on any of the top 5, and gave back any of the top 25 they did not use. I’m pretty sure I asked them that directly too, so should be the case.
Dave
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It’s a pity that the runners up don’t get much and loose the rights to a game idea. I thought Ring was really simple but very original. I know it was a mix of many things but a fairly unique mix at that.
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I wouldn’t be that hard on them Ronny. Yes, I agree that the terms for competitions like this one are usually not all that favourable but what they do represent is an opportunity for you to get your talent recognised. As long as you have your eyes open when you go into it and realise that whatever reward is in return for the rights to your idea then that’s ok. Personally, I steer clear of anything that will strip me of my IP rights but for some it may make sense. I would, of course, like to see things structured differently but he who pays the piper…..
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And I wouldn’t put the blame toward Nokia myself.
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On a side note…
If anyone is worried about losing their IP with Dare To Be Digital, you don’t have to. The finalists sign over their IP for the duration of development. This is to prevent an individual from running off during the competition and stealing the team’s code. At the end, you get the IP back if the majority of the team consents to it. -
I think they’ve changed it a little bit this year – from the first Dare info day “we will come to an amicable arrangement” would be a better way of phrasing it. Dont forget, Dare is a company that has been set up to run the competition. If a development contract comes straight out of the game, and the team chooses to take the contract, Dare will want a certain amount.
Dave
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Does anyone have contact for the winner of the Ngage competition? I’d really like to know if he got the full prize. Wasn’t it a trip to Japan and 5000 euro of somefink?
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