News of the Week; July 3, 2013

1. Beyonce Settles $100M Lawsuit With Video Game Company

2. First Amendment trumps trademark in Call of Duty Case

3. Antonick v. Electronic Arts (Patent Arcade Update)

4. Texas Teen Could Face Eight Years in Prison for Comments Made in League of Legends

5. Blizzard Bans More Diablo III Players for ‘Cheating’

6. 10 Business Lessons from the Battlefield

7. Consoles must offer self-publishing to attract indies, says Jackbox

8. How Important Are YouTube Game Videos To Game Companies?

9. Microsoft explains Xbox One’s new griefer-separating reputation system

10. Video Games: Seven More Building Blocks in MoMA’s Collection

11. Zynga Hires Xbox Boss to Initiate Turnaround

12. Ubisoft warns millions of video gamers of hack attack

13. Bushnell: Atari abused by shareholders

14. Research: Active Gaming Therapy Beneficial to Stroke Victim Recovery

15. Oracle v Google update: is refusing copyright protection to application programming interfaces (APIs) the only way to achieve interoperability?

16. Secret Court Declassifies Yahoo’s Role in Disclosure Fight

17. NSA surveillance may be legal — but it’s unconstitutional

18. Choice of Law for Online Copyright Infringement – A Proposal for the Law Applicable to Ubiquitous File Sharing by S.R. Blackman

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