Call of Duty - Not So Finest Hour ... A Look At Industry Contracts and the Disputes That Love Them

This is one of the coolest things I have seen yet on video games and the law. My entertainment law mentor Scott Shagin sent me the link to this article on Gamasutra (we love Gamasutra) titled Call of Duty - Finest Hour: the Contract

By clicking the link above, you dear reader, become privy to a bonafide industry contract for one of the BIGGEST games to hit consoles and perhaps one of the finest shooter franchises out there. The contracts became part of the public record after Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tricia Ann Bigelow unsealed them in a pending lawsuit between publisher Activision and developer Spark studio.

As Tom Buscaglia, "game attorney" says: "Contracts such as these are rarely made public because they inevitably contain confidentiality provisions that prohibit the publication of or even talking about their terms. But once the contract was filed as an exhibit in the lawsuit, and then unsealed by the court, the contract became public information."

Thankfully for all of us, we can now get an inside glimpse of what went on in the minds of the attorneys, clients and others who developed this giant. Enjoy!