News of the Week; Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013

1. Processing the loss of Aaron Swartz – Danah Boyd: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2013/01/13/aaron-swartz.html

2. Researchers Find that Web Site Blocking Has No Long-Term Affect in Combating Online Piracy: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/01/08/researchers-find-web-site-blocking-has-no-long-term-affect-combating-online-piracy#.UPpDV6XUQco

3. The Way Forward on Copyright Reform – Derek Khanna: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/01/07/derek-khanna/the-way-forward-on-copyright-reform/

4. What to Watch for in Canadian Intellectual Property Law in 2013: http://excesscopyright.blogspot.ca/2013/01/what-to-watch-for-in-canadian-ip-law-in.html

5. Copyright and Industrial Design Developments – 2012 (paper) – Glen Bloom, Barry Sookman: http://www.mccarthy.ca/pubs/canadian%20copyright.pdf

6. Rethinking Mass Murder: http://www.nohighscores.com/2013/01/09/rethinking-mass-murder/

7. How the Video-Game Industry Already Lost Out in the Gun-Control Debate: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/01/how-the-video-game-industry-already-lost-out-in-the-gun-control-debate/267052/

8. The NRA’s new shooting app isn’t the hypocritical PR disaster it seems: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/the-nras-new-shooting-app-isnt-the-hypocritical-pr-disaster-it-seems/

9. Is Your Surgeon A Gamer?: http://www.drmwhitemcmahon.com/growing-up-in-the-cloud/is-your-surgeon-a-gamer/

And in the not really relevant category:

10. A Corporation Is Not a Person for Car Pool Lane Purposes, Calif. Judge Rules http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_corporation_is_not_a_person_for_car_pool_lane_purposes_calif._judge_rules

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