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News of the Week; November 11, 2015
GAMES Blizzard Sues Bot Maker For Copyright-Infringement ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’ Sets Off $10 Million Lawsuit Steam ad runs afoul of ASA: Standards agency upholds complaints over GTA V bundle offered in Steam Summer Sale GTA 5 modders claim Take-Two sent private investigators to their home: Take-Two “aren’t willing to accept any solution other than ceasing […]
Class 8 – 11/4/15: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Steve Rechtshaffner
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News of the Week; November 4, 2015
GAMES Judge Tells Plaintiff That Paying Real Money For Virtual Gold Doesn’t Somehow Lead To Gambling Law Violations Nintendo censors Xenoblade Chronicles X costumes for western release Warner Bros. offers refunds for Arkham Knight PC… Again Facebook to crack down on game invitations Princeton Police blame swatting incidents on ‘gamers’ Will the justices be […]
Study says it is good for kids to play video games
http://walyou.com/video-games-are-good-for-kids/ Not sure if anyone is writing a paper (or hoping to) on the effects of video games on children, but this article discusses some of the benefits of video games on young people.
Class 8 Guest Speaker: Steve Rechtschaffner
Steve Rechtschaffner has just recently returned to Vancouver from San Francisco so we are particularly lucky to have him talk to us about the future of tech. Particularly appropriate as well, since Steve has spent his career creating category-changing disruptive thinking and results across a wide spectrum of businesses. As you will see Steve is […]
Class 7 – 10/28/15: “What’s it all about…EULA?” & Jim Alam/Rob Edgar
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News of the Week; October 28, 2015
GAMES Judge: Losing in Game of War’s virtual casino isn’t a real-world problem: Pinball also isn’t an illegal gambling “device,” court rules. Mind Candy branded non-compliant by ASA for “direct exhortations to children” US gov’t grants limited right to revive games behind “abandoned” servers: Players can circumvent defunct server checks but can’t create their own multiplayer. Harmonix […]
Freedom of Expression – PowerPoint Presentation
GCI – Midterm presentation
Knights of Allardia: Video Game Violence
Legal Research 1 The Law and Science of Video Game Violence: What was Lost in Translation (William K Ford) http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/caelj31&div=18&start_page=297&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=2&men_tab=srchresults Regulating Violence in Video Games: Virtually Everything (Alan Wilcox) http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jnaa31&div=10&start_page=253&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=5&men_tab=srchresults Game Over! Legal Responses to Video Game Violence (Kevin E. Barton) http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ndlep16&div=13&start_page=133&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=0&men_tab=srchresults Thinking of the Children: The Failure of Violent Video […]
Class 7 Guest Speakers: Jim Alam & Rob Edgar
Jim Alam and Rob Edgar will together reflect on the kinds of real-world legal issues that come up when a video game is produced. The magic is that they will be jointly presenting from the perspective of Jim as lawyer and Rob as client. Biographical information on each of them follows. Jim Alam is a […]