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Rutgers Player-Authors Survey One
Prof. Greg Lastowka of Rutgers Law School is conducting a survey on user-generated content practices in video games. He would greatly appreciate if you could fill out the survey as well as pass it on to others. You will find the survey here: https://camdenrutgers.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0VzeOA1fJHthpkN Greg will be presenting the results of the survey at DiGRA […]
News of the Week; May 8, 2013
1. Cat meme creators in legal battle with Scribblenauts: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-03-cat-meme-creators-in-legal-battle-with-scribblenauts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily 2. Sega, Gearbox Respond to Aliens: Colonial Marines Class Action Lawsuit: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/05/03/sega-gearbox-respond-aliens-colonial-marines-class-action-lawsuit#.UYgYpZVC7fh 3. Piracy or baiting? The thorny legal question of Game Dev Tycoon’s honeypot: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/05/piracy-or-baiting-the-thorny-legal-question-of-game-dev-storys-honeypot/ 4. New S. Korean legislation groups games with alcohol and drugs: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-03-new-s-korean-legislation-groups-games-with-alcohol-and-drugs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily 5. Patrice Desilets leaves Ubisoft again: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-07-patrice-desilets-leaves-ubisoft-again 6. EA drops gun licenses, will use them anyway: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-08-ea-drops-gun-licenses-will-use-them-anyway?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily […]
Human Angle: Cloned at Birth (featuring Jennifer Kelly)
Week 9 guest Jennifer Kelly of Fenwick & West LLP has a legal cameo (@ about the 6 minute mark) in this well done short film dealing with the double edged sword of video game clone wars jon
News of the Week; May 1, 2013
1. SEGA, Gearbox sued in class action lawsuit over Aliens-CM: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-01-sega-gearbox-sued-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-aliens-cm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily 2. Electronic Arts Faces Jury Trial Over ‘Madden NFL’: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/electronic-arts-faces-jury-trial-447243?buffer_share=0590c&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer%253A%252Bwkeithrobinson%252Bon%252Btwitter 3. Greenheart Games Trolls Pirates With Altered Cracked Version Of Game Dev Tycoon: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130429/07360222878/greenheart-games-trolls-pirates-with-altered-cracked-version-game-dev-tycoon.shtml 4. Experts – Chris Christie’s Video Game Proposals Would Face Uphill Legal Battles: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/04/24/experts-chris-christies-video-game-proposals-would-face-uphill-legal-battles#.UXhpGpVC5Lw 5. In Defense of Violent Video Games: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/04/29/no-link-between-violent-video-games-effects-and-school-shootings 6. Scientology Spoof Takes Grand Theft Auto V Ads […]
Prof. Lawrence Lessig’s talk on “Free Culture” in William Fisher’s HBR Copyright course
As good of a primer about the cultural causes and legal consequences of free culture in the digital age as anyone is likely to find. Excellent Q&A after the main presentation as well. jon
Kind piece on “Video Game Law” @ Flexible Learning site & some thank you’s
Link to: “Video Game Law” Offers Lectures and Rich Course Content Online | Flexible Learning Posting the article is just a good excuse to say thank you to a great number of people who encouraged and supported the current incarnations and experimentations of Video Game Law as a course. The order which follows is more or […]
News of the Week; April 24, 2013
1. EA Convinces California Court to Cancel ‘Edge’ Trademarks: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/04/19/ea-convinces-california-court-cancel-edge-trademarks#.UXRn3pVC5Lx 2. Can you sell second hand games legally? Should you? – Jas Purewal: http://www.gamesbrief.com/2013/04/can-you-sell-second-hand-games-legally-should-you/ 3. Film to be distributed via games console for first time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21651921 4. Microsoft to pay Japanese Xbox owners with Points for a million hours of playtime: http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/17/4233928/xbox-owners-free-microsoft-points-for-playing-japan 5. Activision Buys Competition: http://yearofbacklogs.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/activision-buys-competition/ 6. UK Interactive Entertainment CEO defends games as […]
Cafe where you can hire waitress to play with you
I am always interested in cosplay cafes. Not only males can enjoy this kind of service, I also enjoy playing it with girlfriends. Indeed, when I was in junior high, I played RPG’s with my girlfriends. We discussed strategies and that was fun. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/pay-women-to-play-video-games-with-you-in-china/
Greg Lastowka on Publicity Rights, EA & Ryan Hart
Terrific Gamasutra article which ties to the topics from Week 9 from Prof. Greg Lastowka of Rutgers Law School. He argues that EA should prevail in defending Ryan Hart’s legal action arising from not be compensated for use of aspects of his image in EA’s NCAA Football. As his title “The Erosion of Creative Freedom? […]
Virtual currency – Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Implosion: 5 Signs of an Investing Bubble: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/bitcoin-implosion-5-signs-investing-bubble-142629328.html Bitcoin mining costs real world money: http://www.slashgear.com/bitcoin-mining-costs-real-world-money-15277822/