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Week 6 – 10/8/14: “Frictions & Fictions: Ten Cases-Ten Clauses-Ten Contexts” & Mavis Dixon
Here are video and slides. jon
Week 7 Guest Speaker: Don McGowan of The Pokemon Company International
This week Don McGowan of the Pokemon Company International will be making the trek north from his home in Seattle to join us. Don will talk about video game contracts and turning IP into a franchise. Don is particularly well qualified on these subjects. He has, since August 2008, been the General Counsel of […]
Panel Discussion on Orphan Works at Vancouver international Film Festival; October 10, 2014
After the VIFF screening of the classic Canadian film “Bye Bye Blues” October 10, 2014 at the Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver B.C.), I will be on a panel discussing how the film was “recovered” using section 77 of the Copyright Act dealing with […]
News of the Week; October 8, 2014
GAMES 1. U.S. Supreme Court Denies EA’s Motion to Appeal Ruling in ‘Keller v. EA’ 2. German Court: Key Selling infringes Copyright 3. Square Enix Sues SNK Playmore 4. Report: YouTubers Making ‘Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor’ Videos Strong-Armed by PR Firm Representing WBI 5. Australia, Steam and consumer legal rights in video games (Jas Purewal) 6. List of ethical concerns in […]
Can you use other companies’ trademarks in your video game? | Zachary C. Strebeck
Here is a nice piece that summarizes U.S. law in the wake of Dave Spratley’s talk to us last week: Can you use other companies’ trademarks in your video game? | Zachary C. Strebeck: Attorney at Law. jon
Jane McGonigal, Post-Structuralism, and Speedruns
Before the course started, I had begun reading the book “Reality is Broken” by Jane McGonigal. In this book, McGonigal presents the same four necessary components of a “game” that our guest speaker, Mavis Dixon, gave during her talk today: A goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation. Both also quote Bernard Suits, who […]
Video-Blog News of the Week; October 1, 2014
This week, streaming consoles, mobile gamers, troubled trolls and a troubling politician. jon
List of ethical concerns in video games (partial) | Leigh Alexander
This is an extraordinarily clear and well done list of “real” ethical concerns respecting video games. Most, if not all, have significant legal implications and provide strong roots for excellent term papers. Leigh Alexander’s terrific post can […]
Week 5 – 10/1/14: “Creators, Consumers and Users” & David Spratley
This weeks slides and videos just in case you really want to hear more about post-structuralism. 😉 Thanks again to Dave Spratley for his talk focussing on trademark law and games. jon
8-Bit Philosophy
I think this would be a pretty interesting thing for the class to play “spot the intellectual property issues” with, particularly as it pertains to fair dealing and the s.29.21 of the copyright act. http://www.8bitphilosophy.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz3eOb6Yl1s How would the IP issues change if the authors looked to gain revenue for their creations, even indirectly?