GAMES
1. APA Says Video Games Make You Violent, but Critics Cry Bias
+ 200-Plus Scholars Speak Out Against American Psychological Association’s Violence/Gaming Study
2. Party foul: Game of War studio sues rival Kabam after friendly soirée banter got out of control
3. Derek Smart Threatens To Sue Star Citizen Developers Unless They Meet His Demands
4. Machine Zone sues Kabam over trade secrets
+ Another day, another trade secrets leak for Machine Zone
5. Pair arrested at Pokemon World Championship after death threats
6. ‘Toxic’ League of Legends players won’t get rewards from Riot
7. EverQuest II is getting a ‘prison server’ for bad-behaved players
8. Moshi Monsters, Bin Weevils slapped by ad watchdog
9. UK video content creators get new guidelines on advertorial content
10. RI Watchdog groups call for independent investigation in 38 Studios loan deal
11. Rovio lays off 260 employees
12. Konami to close 31 premium mobile games in Japan
13. Mobile players only spend in an average of 1.6 games – NPD
14. Nintendo is once again open to movies based on its games
15. Google squares off against Twitch tomorrow by launching YouTube Gaming
16. Investors go wild for new funding platform Fig
+ Equity crowdfunding is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
+ Counterpoint: In Defense of Equity Crowdfunding and the “Professional Investor”
17. Analysts suspect Nintendo has shelved Quality of Life
DIGITAL
2. Ashley Madison faces proposed class-action suit over half-deleted data
+ Lawyers smell blood in wake of Ashley Madison hack
3. Keyword advertising not passing off: Vancouver Community College v. Vancouver Career College
4. FTC can sue companies with poor information security, appeals court says
6. Google ordered to remove links to stories about Google removing links to stories
7. As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference
9. Did Kaspersky Fake Malware?
10. The Advertising Value of Intrusive Tracking
11. Netflix escapes liability under the Video Privacy Protection Act
12. U.S. postpones plan to transfer Internet governance
13. There’s not much you can do about Spotify’s new privacy policy
14. Twitter yanks murder video posted by killer of VA journalists
15. Google Disappears Techdirt Article About Right To Be Forgotten Due To Right To Be Forgotten Request
16. Will Hollywood’s Whining Thwart Better TPP Copyright Rules? (EFF)
17. Yelp reviewers are not “employees”
18. The Rhetoric Of The Right To Be Forgotten
19. Artificial Intelligence, Legal Responsibility And Civil Rights
20. TV Channel Guide from the Future
CREATIVITY
1. Supermarket chain must pay Michael Jordan $8.9 million for use of name
2. Graffiti Artist Sues Moschino for Copyright Infringement
3. A chicken sandwich cannot be copyrighted, court rules
4. Sixth Circuit gives copyright protection to cheerleading uniforms
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