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Talk @ Georgia Tech, 9/19/13
Am very honoured to be speaking at Georgia Tech this coming Thursday September 19, 2013. Details of the talk in Georgia Tech’s announcement below. jon
Week 2 – 9/11/13: “If Picasso had..” & Roch Ripley Part 1
Here is Week 2. Major points (but no marks) for finding Roch. Am certain this was simply an homage to the “Easter Egg” meme that prevails in video games. Thankfully Roch has an awesome voice, so theatre of mind works just fine 😉 Related to this is the fact that in experimenting with the video, […]
Philosophers’ Café | “Digital Media as Surveillance” 9/16/13
As mentioned in class, Dr. Richard Smith & I will be moderating a “Philosophers’ Cafe” for SFU on Monday September 16. 2013 at 7 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews.The topic is “Digital Media as Surveillance”, and yes we came up with the topic months before the Snowden revelations. […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2013
1. Microsoft Wins Big in Motorola Patent Case 2. The Penny Arcade Controversy That Will Not Die 3. Copyright Law and Video Games: A Brief History of an Interactive Medium by Prof. Greg Lastowka 4. Touchdown for video game producer over football players false endorsement claim 5. Tattoo Artist Looks to Show Value of Copyright Claim Against […]
Sport, or not a sport…
I admit I bit my tongue during class when Jon brought up the matter of whether or not video games were sports. I would put sports at the top of the list of polarizing subjects, jostling for position with religion and politics; debates over contentious issues in sports are no less heated than those related […]
Penn Law IP Symposium 03.29.13 UGC Panel
In March I was honoured to make a presentation and be on a panel with Mark Methenitis at Penn Law School’s annual IP Symposium The Symposium was Creation Nation: IP and the Rise of Prosumerism. Our panel was on User Generated Content. Our moderator is our guest in the course for October 2, 2013, Prof. […]
1st Post to Paper Talk (paper categories)
In class on Wednesday we had a brief discussion about how to inventory and keep track of possible paper topics. So you will notice a new menu item on the website “Paper Talk”. Here anyone in the class (or last year’s class) can post new ideas and anyone can comment on them. Will certainly do […]
Week 2 Guest Speaker Roch Ripley
Roch Ripley is a great friend, co-author of the 2nd Edition of Video Game and as an Adjunct in this course last was very helpful in supporting the creation of the 2.0 version of Video Game Law. He will be speaking to you in the second hour this coming Wednesday (Sept. 11, 2013) and sharing […]
News of the Week; September 4, 2013
1. Evolving case law on the fair use of famous trademarks in video games 2. Report: Rayman Legends for PS Vita Missing 28 Levels 3. The best (legal) way to enjoy classic game cartridges 4. Examined, the Virtual Life Is Worth Living 5. Amazon Infiltrates the Android Game Market to Sell You Stuff While You Play 6. Iranian […]
Space Battle
Further to our talk today, here is what the most epic Eve Online battle looked line. Fascinating for us geeks. Perhaps not so much otherwise… The mass scale of simultaneous digital interactivity is impressive. Though no hardcore legal issues manifested out of this battle, if you look carefully at the ethos and history of Eve […]