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News of the Week; March 25, 2016
GAMES Seggie v. Roofdog Games Inc.: Who is the Author of Videogame Software for Copyright Purposes? Former Valve employee alleges unfair treatment and unethical practices, seeks $3.1 million in damages Take-Two Says Tattoo Artist Can’t Get Statutory Damages Because He Only Registered Copyright In 2015 Paradox removes “White Humans” Stellaris mod: “We expect our modders […]
News of the Week; May 18, 2016
GAMES ‘NBA 2K’ Videogame Maker Fights Lawsuit Over Copyrighted Tattoos ESL forms World Esports Association to professionalize and regulate eSports WESA grilled about potentially flawed eSports regulatory practices: “If we’re seen as legitimate as the NFL, we’re happy. We probably don’t have the same standards as you have.” Blizzard and Twitch pledge to fight racism […]
News of the Week; May 11, 2016
GAMES Copyright Law Does Not Protect Structure and Game Play of Card Game DaVinci Editrice S.r.l. v. Ziko Games, LLC et al, No. 4:2013cv03415 – Document 44 (S.D. Tex. 2014) Nintendo staves off latest in conga line of patent lawsuits Game Developer Forced To Change Game’s Name Because ‘Wasteland’ Is A Trademark, Apparently Disney Infinity shuts […]
News of the Week; May 4, 2016
GAMES inXile legal challenge forces indie dev to rebrand game: The Alien Wasteland now called Action Alien following cease and desist letter over “Wasteland” trademark Steam’s Sega Genesis mods: Tweaks, translations, and copyright infringement – New Steam Workshop support allows for uploading of arbitrary ROMs. Blizzard agrees to meet with team behind shut-down “pirate server”: […]
News of the Week; April 27, 2016
GAMES Korean authorities arrest 8 forStarCraft II match-fixing 1666: Amsterdam legal battle ends – Patrice Désilets to obtain rights to 1666 Amsterdam from Ubisoft Blizzard finally breaks silence over Nostalrius’ closure Blizzard: Allowing pirate WoW servers would “damage [our] rights” – “Tremendous operational challenges” to setting up official “classic” servers. Ex-Game Maker Atari To Argue To The US […]