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News of the Week; January 24, 2018
GAMES Court rules illegal bot makers must pay $1.3 million to Twitch Judge Orders Makers Of Illegal Bots To Pay Twitch $1.3 Million It Kind Of Looks Like Crytek Sued Star Citizen Developer By Pretending Its Engine License Says Something It Doesn’t Legal Analysis of the ESL Genting Situation & DMCA Athletes’ Right of Publicity […]
News of the Week; January 17, 2018
GAMES Nintendo sues mobile developer Colopl over patent infringement Twitch takes legal action following spambot incident: Brandan Lukus Apple faces “mischief in relation to computer data” charge over 150,000 spam messages across 1,000 channels Photographer sues IGN over Pokémon GO Photo Suspect in deadly Kansas “swatting” hoax charged with manslaughter: An online dispute over Call of […]
News of the Week; January 10, 2018
GAMES Star Citizen devs file motion to dismiss Crytek lawsuit Star Citizen maker says engine suit “never should have been filed”: CIG accuses Crytek of selective and misleading reading of license agreement. Cloud Imperium Games responds to Crytek suit: Star Citizen studio calls CryEngine maker’s complaint misleading and scandalous, saying it “sacrifices legal sufficiency for loud publicity” […]
News of the Week; January 3, 2018
GAMES Call of Duty argument leads to fatal swatting – Report: Police kill 28-year-old Kansas man in response to bogus 911 call placed over a $1.50 wager match Alleged swatting hoax ends in the death of a father of two: The hoax was apparently sparked by a disagreement over a ‘Call of Duty’ game. “They […]
News of the Week; December 27, 2017
GAMES FCC issues final extension for video game CVAA accessibility waiver Founding member of Lizard Squad pleads guilty to cyber-crimes Apple now requires App Store games with loot boxes to list odds: Wednesday update to iOS rules also touches on VPN services, cryptocurrency apps. Guideline changes mean App Store devs must now reveal loot crate […]
News of the Week; December 20, 2017
GAMES Crytek sues Star Citizen developers: Alleges Cloud Imperium is still using CryEngine, but studio will “defend vigourously” against “meritless lawsuit” Crytek sues Star Citizen developers over game engine: Legal action is another distraction for the long-delayed project. NBA2K18 Is Removing User Made Content From The Game Over IP Infringement, Refuses Refunds To Anyone Who Bought It […]
News of the Week; December 13, 2017
GAMES Crytek sues Star Citizen devs for breach of contract The Force Is Weak With EA’s ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ Game Loot boxes may not return to Star Wars: Battlefront II: Amid pushback, exec floats possibility that microtransactions could be gone for good. Opinion: This is the game industry’s last chance for lootbox self-regulation New Zealand says lootboxes […]
News of the Week; December 6, 2017
GAMES Epic Sues 14 Year Old It Accuses Of Cheating In Videogames After He Counternotices a DMCA On His YouTube Video Epic Games lawsuit over Fortnite cheats ends in settlement Creators of Star Control accuse Stardock of publishing games without permission Star Control creators accuse Stardock of selling games unlawfully: GOG.com pulling games from sale as publisher says devs […]
Class 11 – 12/1/17; “Relating Technology, Originality & Identity” + “YouTube ‘Let’s Play’ videos and the Defence of Fair Comment”
Video and PowerPoints from the final class of the year below. We did not follow our usual sequencing, and you will have to turn your speakers way up for the last 2/3’s of the video – but there is sound. Jon
News of the Week; November 29, 2017
GAMES Study: Pokémon Go led to increase in traffic deaths, accidents – Detailed look at accident reports shows 26.5% relative increase near Pokéstops. Parent rebukes Epic for suing teenage Fortnite player accused of cheating 14-Year Old Video Game Cheater Sued, Mom Says He’s A Scapegoat [Update] Good News for Game Developers: Court Extends Protections for Using Others’ Trademarks in […]