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VR Technology in a Post-Truth World: November 4th Presentation
Hi everyone! This coming Wednesday I will be presenting on the legal implications of the interaction between accelerating ‘virtualization’ and ongoing political trends in digital spaces, both in the context of video games and beyond. To get the class thinking about the immense potential for manipulation of participants in/inhabitants of virtual worlds, I have linked […]
Delisted Games
Hello everyone, Here is our presentation on delisted video games. Audio is attached to each slide (except the title slide), and we’ve provided links to a variety of resources you might find interesting throughout the slideshow. Hopefully the presentation plays without issue for everyone, but if you have any trouble accessing it please let us […]
Streaming… High Risk, High Return?
Streaming (or content creating) has become a very lucrative profession in a relatively short period of time – from mukbang content creators to pro-gamers streaming on their off time, streaming has become a new way for individuals to showcase their talents and make money doing it. In addition to being sponsored by viewers (e.g. the […]
Delisted Games Presentation – Oct 28th
Hello everyone, Jaclyn Salter and I our giving our presentation this coming Wednesday Oct 24th on delisted video games. Delisting is the process in which previously commercially released video games are taken down from digital or physical stores and are no longer available for purchase or redownloading. Our presentation explores the framework behind delisting, some […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Is Apple Cornering Itself Out of the High-End Gaming Market?
Hey everyone! Following the discussion in today live session I came across a very short article on Slashgear.com regarding game streaming. For some background information, Microsoft launched the beta of its mobile game streaming service, which I believe was referred to as Project xCloud, just recently in September. With a compatible controller, it enables users to […]