Judge Rules Games Are "Expressive Works"

Games.slashdot writes:

There has been an ongoing legal battle over the past few years about how and when game makers can use the likenesses of football players without their permission. Former college football player Samuel Keller filed a class action suit in May against Electronic Arts for the publisher's use of NCAA players' information - including things like jersey number, height, weight, skin tone and hair style, but not names - to recreate actual teams within sports games.