News of the Week; August 7, 2013

By Jon Festinger on August 7, 2013

1. Ninth Circuit Rules That Celebrity “Rights” Trump Free Speech

+ Third Circuit rejects EA’s first amendment defense to college athletes’ right of publicity claims

+ Keller v. EA: visual elements mean game isn’t protected by First Amendment (Prof. Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log)

2. The First Amendment in play: Brown v. EA (Prof. Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log)

3. Activision Blizzard sued over Vivendi buyback

4. EA Sued For Shutting Down Online Games Too Quickly

5. Researchers: Game Developers Need to Put Limits on MMORPG Players to Avoid ‘Pathological Addiction’

6. Holodeck: Holy Grail or Hollow Promise? Part 1

+  Holodeck: Holy Grail or Hollow Promise? Part 2

7. Professor Launches First-ever Study of Copyright and User-Generated Content on Social Media Platforms

+ Survey One (Player Survey) Initial Data

+ Some descriptive statistics from Survey One

8. Court Upholds Cellphone Tracking Without a Warrant

9. Fair Use for the Rich and Fabulous? (The University of Chicago Law Review)

10. Save the Date: The Canadian Copyright Pentalogy Conference on October 4, 2013

11. Other Agencies Clamor for Data N.S.A. Compiles

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