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News of the Week; October 21, 2020
GAMES Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against EA in Canada Over Loot Boxes EA facing Canadian class action lawsuit over loot boxes: Two plaintiffs seeking damages as suit calls out “unlicensed, illegal gaming system” in over 60 titles Mark Sutherland and Shawn Moore v. Electronic Arts Inc. (Notice of Civil Claim The Supreme Court of B.C., […]
Reggaeton, Fortnite and Halloween… a lucrative mashup?
This article by Pitchfork discusses the announcement made this week by Epic Games that J. Balvin will headline a concert and premiere his new song “La Luz” in Fortnite for their Halloween “Fortnightmares” event. First, for some critical context (for those who do not already know) J.Balvin is a Reggaeton superstar. You may be most […]
PS5 Voice Chats Can Be Recorded and Sent to Sony
In Sony’s own words: “Following this update, users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded. Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them […]
Lowly Legal Lout Lauds Lords’ Law (Thoughts on ESA v SOCAN)
At the risk of embarrassing myself, I am going to give a summary of the case and my opinion on the judgment and its dissent. Majority’s Argument The basic facts were that SOCAN administers the right to “communicate” musical works for copyright holders and it applied to the Copyright Board for a tariff under s […]
News of the Week; October 14, 2020
GAMES Professional Splatoon player arrested for alleged sexual assault of a minor: Japanese esports organization Creatives parts ways with player Console hackers are shocked after DOJ arrests prominent mod-chip makers Blizzard workers in France called to strike over closure of Versailles office Nintendo forces rebranding for adult entertainer “Pokeprincxss” Nintendo issues cease and desist against […]
Games which impact the real world
The exercise in today’s class about games that would change the world made me consider the different categories of games that I thought would be significant enough to “change the world”. One of the categories I came up with was games which have some sort of corresponding effect in the real world to your in-game […]
News of the Week; October 7, 2020
GAMES Nintendo wins $2m in lawsuit against Team Xecutor resellers: UberChips.com ordered to cease sale of Switch hack devices and destroy all remaining stock Genuine Enabling Tech’s Lawsuit Alleging Patent Infringement by Nintendo Wii and Switch Products Dismissed Mother and son seeking $5m in latest Joy-Con drift lawsuit against Nintendo: Plaintiff argues platform holder has […]
MTV, Copyright and Culture
Hi guys! I came across this interesting article that discussed Viacom’s copyright takedown requests regarding resurfaced MTV images and why the requests were surprising / ironic. For background – back in May, an archivists uploaded his collection 80’s MTV VHS recordings onto the internet. Almost immediately, Viacom (formerly MTV Networks) issued a copyright takedown request. […]