GAMES
1. Vegas casinos going for video-game gambling
2. Daybreak CEO rages at hacker on Twitter
3. Square Enix pulls Mac Final Fantasy XIV from sale
4. New governance system having a real impact on ‘League of Legends’ community
+ Homophobia, sexism, racism reduced to 2% of League of Legends matches
5. Fallout Shelter shatters the dogma of core gamers hating F2P
6. Funcom reboots LEGO Minifigures Online as pay-to-play
7. European devs are moving from mobile to PC
8. Evolutionary biologist: we play violent games, because sex
9. Inside the world of India’s badass girl gamers
12. Minecon breaks records with 10,000 attendees
13. Inafune: Kickstarter is “confidence-building” for Japanese devs
14. Reactions to Nintendo’s E3 “not that unfavorable” – Iwata
15. Nintendo’s alleged nationalism and “awful” working conditions killed Wii game
16. We’ve lost the trust of older fans – Sega CEO
17. Anxious Greeks Buy Macs and PlayStations While They Still Can
18. PlayStation Now will give new long tail to industry, says Sony
19. Hear how Steve Ballmer bailed out Xbox after Red Ring of Death
20. 3 video games teach kids on summer vacation about politics
21. PewDiePie responds to “haters” over $7 million YouTube earnings
22. Amazon now lets you create customized 3D printed figures of video game characters
23. Former Valve economist is now a former Greek finance minister too
24. How Video Games Changed Popular Music
DIGITAL
3. The battle to reform 300-year-old copyright law for the digital age
4. Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
6. Secret US court allows resumption of bulk phone metadata spying
7. Quebec’s Website Blocking Plan Gambles With the Open Internet (Michael Geist)
8. The Saudi Cables beyond the Saudi Cables: How to Assess the Impact
+ Should some secrets be exposed? (Bruce Schneier)
11. Will the European Parliament criminalize street photography?
13. Top five mistakes when drafting website privacy policies
14. A most unpatriotic YouTube hijacking: America the Beautiful
15. As Reddit Burns, Some Hard-Earned Lessons on Building an Open Community
16. Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
17. The Loud Fight Against Silicon Valley’s Quiet Racism
19. ICANN’s Threat To Privacy Is Not Theoretical
20. FCC Chairman lays out schedule for future broadband actions
22. Why Bitcoin is good for law enforcement
23. Not-so-guilty pleasure: Viewing cat videos boosts energy and positive emotions
CREATIVITY
1. Appeals Court Rules Producer, Not Director, Gets Film Copyright
2. The Southern District of New York finds play to be fair use parody of “Three’s Company”
3. Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944)
4. Handbook on laws protecting free expression launched
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