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News of the Week; December 23, 2020
GAMES Games Are Now Making More Than Movies And Sports Combined: Gaming sales are up to almost $180 billion per year. GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year in Numbers 2020 Digital gaming just had its best revenue month ever in November 31% of young UK gamers struggle to track spending on loot boxes: New report from Gambling […]
News of the Week; December 16, 2020
GAMES Nintendo Hates You: DMCA Takedowns Of Game Music Continue While Nintendo Offers No Legit Way To Listen Germany Opens Legal Action Against Facebook Account Requirement for Oculus Headsets GOG backtracks on Devotion re-launch hours after it was announced The Strong Museum now includes decades of files from the LGBTQ Game Archive Copyright law is bricking your […]
News of the Week; December 9, 2020
GAMES Activision lawsuit accuses Netflix of poaching CFO Activision sues Netflix for poaching former CFO: Suit alleges Netflix incited Spencer Neumann to break his contract to become CFO of Netflix Consumer rights groups launch joint investigation into Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift Nintendo Plays ‘Control Inception’, Cancelling Splatoon Broadcast After Teams Protest Canceling Smash Bros. Tourney […]
News of the Week; December 2, 2020
GAMES Twin Galaxies attacks Billy Mitchell as a fraud in new legal claims Nicalis issues DMCA against free Cave Story games Subverse developer under fire for partnering with racist YouTuber Arch Supercell cancels Hay Day Pop Supercell shutting down Hay Day Pop after less than a year ‘As abstract as killing people in a video game,’ doctor […]
Class 13 – 12.02.20; “Some Final Notes” + Synchronous Presentations “Video Games as a Content Creation Tool” & “Input Mods in Online Gaming”
Yesterday’s last class…A memorable one in all respects. Video and slides below… Jon
Presentation: Legal Solutions to Cheating in Video Games
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well coming into the final bit of the term here. My presentation [here] is on cheating in video games with a focus on the legal solutions that have been applied to deal with the issues of cheating in the modern gaming industry. In this presentation you will […]
Video Games as a Content Creation Tool
Hello fellow gamers, On Dec 02, Chris and I will be presenting on the use of video games in creating videos and streams in various ways. The scope of my part will be on gameplay videos such as let’s play videos or video guides for games and gameplay streaming, the legal implications for such activities, […]
Video Game Regulation: An Exploration of Possibilities
Happy December everyone! I’m sure we are all a bit flustered by the end of term so rapidly approaching. Hopefully you can procrastinate from other courses/assignments by taking a few minutes to view this presentation by me and Jina on video game regulation. I’m sure you know the drill by now with how to navigate […]
Cyberpunk Solutions to DMCA
Hi everyone! My term paper for video game law is focused on the use of music – both licensed and original – in games, and the copyright regime and DMCA takedown process involved in the sharing and streaming of games online. In researching this, I came across an interesting approach to DMCA strikes taken by […]