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“Tetricide” | Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law
Nice piece in the Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law about the Tetris case – Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc., 863 F. Supp. 2d 394, 397 (D.N.J. 2012). We will be looking at this case and it’s implications in Class 9 on March 6. Tetricide | TEXAS REVIEW OF ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LAW […]
Lawrence Lessig on “Law & Justice in a Digital Age” – Feb.19, 2013
Lawrence Lessig gave an extraordinary public lecture on Tuesday February 19, 2013. All the more poignant given the significance of Prof. Lessig’s work on digital law and his personal connections with Aaron Swartz. Here are the details: “Harvard Law School will host a public lecture, “Aaron’s Laws,” by Lawrence Lessig on the occasion of his […]
News of the Week; Feb. 13, 2013
1. Judge Dismisses Axl Rose’s Lawsuit (“Guitar Hero lll”): http://sanmarinotribune.com/2013/02/08/judge-dismisses-axl-roses-lawsuit/ 2. Copyright Explained Musically: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130204/18145421881/copyright-explained-musically.shtml 3. When Video Games Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Funs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-murray/violent-video-games_b_2625789.html 4. Growing Up Or Just Getting Old?: David Cage is a poor figurehead for industry evolution – but that doesn’t make his arguments invalid: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-02-08-growing-up-or-just-getting-old?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily 5. Issues Gamers Should Think About: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/ask-dr-mark/10177-Issues-Gamers-Should-Think-About 6. Court clarifies balance between copyright and […]
Week 7
Jon’s Talk Feb.13, 2013: “What’s it all about…Alpha?” Download the PowerPoint Slides Patrick Sweeney’s Talk: “Negotiating Game & App Development Agreements” Download the PowerPoint Slides
[UPDATED] Speaker for February 13th Discussion Hour: Patrick Sweeney
Hey class, Hope you all had a great long weekend! Our guest speaker this week is Patrick Sweeney, counsel with Reed Smith and based out of Century City. Mr. Sweeney’s experience prior to joining Reed Smith includes serving as senior corporate counsel at Vivendi Universal Games and at Paramount Pictures Television Group. He was also […]
A common video game issue comes up against the current U.S. gun control debate
Nancy Pelosi: Video Games are Not the Reason for Violence in America (Huffington Post): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/10/nancy-pelosi-video-games_n_2657169.html
News of the Week; Feb. 6, 2013
1. ‘Spacewar!’ The story of the world’s first digital video game: http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/2/4/3949524/the-story-of-the-worlds-first-digital-video-game 2. What is the government’s interest in copyright? Not that of the public. – Copyright Librarian: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyrightlibn/2013/02/what-is-the-governments-interest-in-copyright.html 3. Patent Assertion Entities: Six Actions the Antitrust Agencies Can Take by Michael Carrier: SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2209521&buffer_share=14a72&utm_source=buffer 4. Something to look forward to, er, in 2013+1: http://ipkitten.blogspot.ca/2013/01/something-to-look-forward-to-er-20131.html?m=1 5. North Korean Propaganda Video […]
“The Agreeable Cat” – Cat freely agrees to EULA
Interesting (and really cute!) take on the effectiveness and enforceability of EULAs: http://www.ohesso.com/essays/essay006.htm
Could it Pay to Read that EULA? – Incentivising to Increase Consumer Readership by Michela Fiorido
After reading Roch’s posts and thinking more about EULAs, I got to brainstorming some ideas that might increase consumer readership. Some might ask why it matters that consumers read EULAs in the first place and some might ask why companies should care to get consumers to read their agreements. Consumers should read EULAs so that […]
Week 6
Jon’s Talk Feb. 6, 2013: “Ten Cases – Ten Clauses – Ten Contexts” Download the PowerPoint Slides