Namco shuts down student Pac-Man project
A student using MIT's Scratch programming language (a language created to help young people create their own games) was served a DMCA notice for creating his own version of Pac-Man, asking him to remove the offending game.
The notice said that user 124scratch's game "infringes Namco's rights by offering visitors the unauthorized use of infringing copies of the Pac-Man game product which is protected by copyright and trademark law."
The statement goes on: "While we appreciate the educational nature of your enterprise and look forward to the contributions of the future programmers you are training, part of their education should include concern for the intellectual property of others."
