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Episode 141:

Another Brick In The Wall

Runtime: 60 Minutes

Today, we're looking at Breakout, an arcade cabinet released by Atari in May 1976. As part of its story, we'll learn about its creation, which includes Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. We'll also take some time to learn about the early court cases in which copyright law was being defined for video games, one case of which had Breakout at the core of it. There's even an appearance in today's story by Ruth Baden Ginsberg. Stick around and stand for the judge as we take today's trip down Memory Card Lane.

Wasteland

References:

Game-Specific Wiki:

  Breakout Atari Wiki

Additional Sources:

  Wikipedia, "Atari Games Corp. v. Oman"
  Wikipedia, "Atari v. Amusement World"
  Wikipedia, "Stern Electronics, Inc. v. Kaufman"

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/