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Class 3 – 9/18/19; “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” + EA’s Brian Dartnell & Perry Bahniwal
Video & slides above. Note that in Brian and Perry’s slides the videos are disabled as they were way too large to upload. Jon
Guests for Class 3
Happy to report that Brian Dartnell (left) and Perry Bahniwal (right) of the Legal Department of Electronic Arts will be joining us tomorrow to provide some insights into the issues video game company counsel deal with day-to-day. Brian is Vice President, Legal Affairs at EA. He has been at EA almost 14 years, working out […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2019
GAMES UK High Court orders ISPs to block Switch hacking sites: Judge sides with Nintendo in blacklisting a handful of sites advertising circumvention devices and software Nintendo wins UK court case over Nintendo Switch piracy and modification Nintendo gets UK ISPs to block Switch piracy sites Nintendo launches infringement lawsuit against ROM site RomUniverse Nintendo […]
Video & Slides of Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report
Sorry about not being able to figure out how to get the sound from the internet up so that it was truly listenable today. It would be great if you could watch Mary Meeker’s talk from 9:13 to 17:02 on the above video. That corresponds to Slide 80 to Slide 150 on the deck just […]
Class 2 – 9/11/19; “If Picasso had painted a round object..”
Video and slides above… Had to do a bit of surgery to get the slides below the upload limit. Nothing substantive was removed. Jon
Interactive Entertainment Law Review 2:1
Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review published by Edward Elgar is available. The aim of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review is to serve as a peer-reviewed hub for legal analysis of interactive entertainment, video games, virtual/augmented/mixed realities, social media, and all related and emergent forms of digital interactive entertainment. The Journal is published twice […]
News of the Week; September 4, 2019
GAMES Blizzard is suing Chinese studio Sina Games for ripping offWarcraft series Report: Valve is pushing back against accusations it violated EU trade rules Valve reportedly fighting EU antitrust charges: Focus Home, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koch Media, and ZeniMax reportedly settling charges Recent Valve VR update contains hidden Half-Life demo code Night in the Woods devs cut ties with […]
Class 1 – 9/4/19; “Introduction” + Activision’s Willy Duhen
Slides and video above. Sorry that the first minute or two of Willy’s talk is not super loud. Good news is that I realized (for the first time ever) what adjustments to make, so it does get fixed early on. Jon
Freedom of Thought outline, as promised…
In class I said I would post my first outline for a text (and perhaps also a course) on Freedom of Thought in the Digital Age. Many of the issues outlined here will show up in various forms and guises as we explore the Video Game Law course. Should you wish to share any thoughts […]
Willy Duhen: Class 1 Guest
A huge thanks to Dr. Willy Duhen of Activision for speaking to our first class of the year on the (dominant) international aspects of Video Game Law as practiced on a day to day basis. Willy is currently Senior Manager, Legal – International with Activision Blizzard and is based in London, U.K. He is lawyer […]