First Two Video Games Copyrighted

By Marcel Brown |

Lunar Lander and AsteroidsJune 17, 1980

Atari’s Asteroids and Lunar Lander become the first two video games to be registered with the US Copyright Office. This was an important step in the evolution of intellectual property rights for the emerging video game industry.

On a side note, I could only find one image that had both games – can anyone translate the German?

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