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News of the Week; March 22, 2017
GAMES Appeals Court Affirms Rejection of Gambling Claims Against Machine Zone A real win for a virtual casino: game developer avoids class action liability under gambling loss recovery statute Blizzard files for $8.5m in damages from Bossland: Motion for default judgement filed after German cheatbot company failed to comply with court’s request for response Nintendo […]
News of the Week; March 15, 2017
GAMES Gamer’s Death Pushes Risks of Live Streaming Into View John Carmack: ZeniMax owes me $22.5M as part of 2009 id Software deal: “Sour grapes is not an affirmative defense to breach of contract.” John Carmack sues ZeniMax for $22.5m from id Software deal: Oculus CTO alleges “sour grapes” as ZeniMax refuses to pay due […]
News of the Week; March 8, 2017
GAMES Canadian DMCA in Action: Court Awards Massive Damages in First Major Anti-Circumvention Copyright Ruling (Michael Geist) Nintendo Of America Inc. v. Jeramie Douglas King And Go Cyber Shopping (2005) Ltd. (Federal Court of Canada March 1, 2017) Nintendo Awarded $12.7 million for Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures in Precedent-Setting Case Nintendo awarded $9.5M in […]
News of the Week; March 1, 2017
GAMES ZeniMax Seeks Injunction to Halt Oculus’ Use Rift & Gear VR SDK and More ZeniMax files for injunction over Oculus code: If granted, it would apply to games on sale for Oculus Rift and Gear VR Zenimax files to halt sales of Oculus tech containing stolen code Lindsay Lohan Won’t Put Her GTA5 Lawsuit […]
News of the Week; February 22, 2017
GAMES FBI’s ‘Gamergate’ file says prosecutors declined to charge men believed to have sent death threats – even when they confessed on video Developer’s lawsuit against games critic Jim Sterling is dismissed ‘with prejudice’: He was being sued for ‘libel, slander and assault’ How the Prison Architect developers broke the Geneva Conventions Switch game downloads […]
News of the Week; February 15, 2017
GAMES New York sues Time Warner over throttled League of Legends speeds Elite: Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG stymied by intellectual property dispute – Complaint alleges infringement of 1984 Elite game’s copyright. Prosecutors Score a Goal in FIFA 17 Gambling Case Steve Bannon sunk $60M of Goldman Sachs’ money into a failed World of Warcraft goldfarming scheme Trump’s Campaign CEO’s Little Known […]
News of the Week; February 8, 2017
GAMES Oculus lawsuit ends with half billion dollar judgment awarded to ZeniMax: Luckey pays $50M, Iribe pays $150M Verdict Analysis: Why the Jury Awarded ZeniMax $500 Million in Oculus Lawsuit Zenimax vs. Oculus: Carmack denies allegations, slams expert analysis John Carmack refutes “misdirection” of ZeniMax lawyers: The Oculus chief technology officer has taken to Facebook […]
News of the Week; February 1, 2017
GAMES Oculus verdict: Judge awards ZeniMax $500 million: Facebook owned VR company did not misappropriate trade secrets as ZeniMax alleged, however Oculus, execs liable for $500 million in ZeniMax VR trial: Court finds Rift maker broke NDA but didn’t steal trade secrets. Lawsuit over NBA 2K facial scanning privacy concerns falls flat Ohio State researcher’s study retracted […]
News of the Week; January 25, 2017
GAMES Controversial video game gun study gets retracted “Boom, headshot!” Disputed video game paper retracted Ohio State U Retracts Paper that Claimed Violent Video Games Gave Players Better Aim with Real Guns Study Claiming Video Games Make Players Better Real-Life Shooters Gets Shot Down Ark: Survival Mod That Replaces Dinos With Pokemon DMCA’d, Possibly By […]
News of the Week; January 18, 2017
GAMES US court says PSN data doesn’t get Fourth Amendment protection: Sony could hand info to the police without a warrant. Microsoft, Epic sued over Gears of War character: Former football player and pro wrestler claims his likeness, voice were stolen for Cole Train Zuckerberg testifies against claims that Oculus stole IP from Zenimax At […]