News of the Week; November 5, 2014

By Jon Festinger on November 5, 2014

GAMES

1. EFF Files Petitions for DMCA Exemptions on Jailbreaking, Car Software, and Video Game DRM Software Checks on Older Games

+ OTW Files Petitions on Behalf of Fan Video Makers

+ Latest EFF DMCA Exemption Requests Include The Right to Tinker With and Maintain Unsupported Video Games

+ EFF asks for the right to revive “abandoned” online games: DMCA exemption would allow “dead” games to live on through legal, third-party servers.

2. Hearthstone bot maker closes shop after Blizzard crackdown: “We all knew that the day when our products [don’t] work anymore would come.”

3. Lohan, Noriega video game lawsuits are a troubling sign for the arts (Ed Cavazos)

+ Activision v Noriega analysed: don’t make way for the bad guy (Jas Purewal)

4. Anita Sarkeesian goes on Colbert. You’ll totally believe what happens next: “Why not just have a separate game? Have separate but equal games?”

+ Harassed Game Dev Setting Up Legal Defense Fund For Harassed Women

+ Anti-Game Researchers Used to Vilify #GamerGate Supporters

+ Zoe Quinn calls for big companies to speak out on GamerGate

+ My 15 Minutes Of Fame As A B-List Gamergate Celebrity

+ Wu offers $11K for harassment conviction

+ “Actually, It’s About Ethics In Games Journalism” Meme Gives GamerGate The Respect It Deserves: Actually it’s about ethics

5. Platform, not gender, drives gamer differences – EEDAR

6. Kim Kardashian earned 54 per cent of Glu’s revenue in Q3

7. Why Licensed Games Are Finally Hot

8. Updated numbers show PS4 with at least 65 percent of two-console market: Sony’s system has dominated worldwide console sales in the last six months.

9. An Artist is Turning MC Escher’s ‘Relativity’ Into a Video Game

10. The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-computing: Networks Without Networks

11. The Greatest Video Game Basketball Players of All Time

DIGITAL

12. Quebec Court Awards Damages for Violation of Privacy on Google Streetview

13. Does your phone company track you?: Twitter’s mobile ad arm lets clients use a hidden tracking number created by Verizon.

+ A Dystopian Future Of Ads That Won’t Stop Until You Say ‘McDonald’s’ Could Be Avoided With More Transparency

14. Has the tide turned on Canada’s privacy embarrassment: Supreme Court of Canada’s Spencer decision has confirmed there is a reasonable expectation of privacy associated with telecom and Internet subscriber information. (Michael Geist)

15. Canadian telcos and banks subject to the Quebec privacy law

16. Why Facebook Just Launched Its Own ‘Dark Web’ Site

17. Microsoft’s top legal gun decries privacy ‘arms race’

18. Sir Tim Berners-Lee On The Future Of The World Wide Web

19. Starting today, UK has new licensing scheme for orphan works

20. China to establish first ever IP court

21. After Protests Continue, Hungary Dumps Stupid Internet Tax Idea

22. The Cliff and the Slope: The proof is in. Detailed report shows how U.S. Internet access monopolies punish rivals and catch innocent bystanders in the crossfire—legally.

23. A Horse of a Different Color: What robotics law can learn from cyberlaw. (Ryan Calo)

+ RoboLaw: Why and how to regulate robotics

24. Copyright’s over, it’s time to go proactionary

25. Joker Lets You Instantly Stream Perfectly Legal And Legitimate Torrent Files

26. The Birth of the Internet Troll

27. Internet of Things will transform life, but experts fear for privacy and personal data

28. Computational Media – What’s That? (Dr. Richard Smith) 

CONSTRAINTS

29. Why Are Rap Lyrics Being Used As Evidence In Court?

30. Misguided Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove A Less-Than-Wonderful Review Under Right To Be Forgotten

+ Do negative reviews have a right to be forgotten by Google?: Classical pianist Dejan Lazic’s attempt to have a ‘mean-spirited’ review scrubbed from Google is misguided madness that could have dire consequences for us all

31. Why the Chess Computer Deep Blue Played Like a Human: Randomness may be key to both human and computer creativity.

32. Inside George R.R. Martin’s complicated relationship with the Internet

33. The Young Turks is running circles around news networks on YouTube

34. The Technical Constraints That Made Abbey Road So Good: What modern recording artists can learn from the studio’s early days

35. Ghomeshi claim faces significant challenges

36. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Sherlock Holmes Case: Holmes Is Now (Mostly) Public Domain

37. Chris Hadfield’s Outer Space Version Of Space Oddity Is Back… But It Still Never Should Have Gone Away

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2 responses to “News of the Week; November 5, 2014”

  1. Ryan Vogt
    Ryan Vogt November 5, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Regarding #4 (Colbert’s interview with Anita Sarkeesian): the link provided leads to a page that embeds videos available only to American viewers.

    A Canadian-available version of the interview, courtesy of The Comedy Network, is available at: http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Shows/TheColbertReport?vid=475173

    – Stephen Colbert’s bit about GamerGate begins at ~1:25
    – His interview with Anita Sarkeesian begins at ~6:20
    – The interview ends at ~11:00

  2. Jon Festinger
    Jon Festinger November 5, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Thanks so much for putting up the link Ryan.

    jon



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