Legal challenges of gamedev through the eyes of more than 300 industry practitioners.

That is precisely why the latest report prepared by dotlaw, GIC, and Thedy Partners is based 100% on the knowledge of practitioners.

The publication is a direct synthesis of the panels, debates, and discussions from the Legal Summit during the Game Industry Conference in Poznan.

The document draws on the experience of more than 300 speakers, representatives of leading gamedev studios, indie creators, publishers, and legal and tax experts.

It is a practical guide for decision-makers and technical leaders, exposing the real risks that the industry faces every day.

Key takeaways from the report Lack of IP protection and the risk of "Shadow AI": Graphics and code generated entirely by artificial intelligence are not eligible for copyright protection.

The unauthorized use of AI tools by employees significantly exposes a studio to disputes over infringement of third-party intellectual property and to the loss of strategic tax reliefs.

The pitfalls of the Estonian CIT when raising investment: The preferential lump-sum tax on corporate income requires that the shareholders be exclusively natural persons.

In practice, this blocks classic financing rounds through VC funds or Business Angel investment vehicles, forcing studios to look for new models of capital cooperation.

Commercialization blocked by the Open Source licenses used: Open resources dramatically reduce costs, but the unwitting use in a project of code under restrictive Copyleft licenses (e.g.

GNU GPL) forces you to make your own source code available.

In the worst-case scenario, this can completely rule out the commercial distribution of the game.

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