Paper Talk

Participating in Wikipedia

Participating in Wikipedia

The possibilities for working through those class participation marks are quite broad. This semester I sat down with Jon and we hashed out the possibility of summarizing the cases we discussed in class and including relevant entries on Wikipedia. I thought, why should we be the only ones who get to know this stuff? So […]

Exam Question as a Paper Topic

Exam Question as a Paper Topic

Last year as a bit of a lark wrote up an exam question (yes, in a non exam course). Though it looks like the tech involved is not being incorporated into the next generation of gaming hardware, the issues are still live ones. As they may inspire a paper (or two) am posting the faux […]

Bitcoin currency valuation through the roof

Bitcoin currency valuation through the roof

Glad to be the first to post this.  The headline is that a man who purchased $27 of bitcoin peer-to-peer digital currency in 2009 and forgot about it discovered that it’s now worth $886 000. Also, cheers to Vancouver for having the world’s first bitcoin ATM (link in article).  There are lots of fascinating implications […]

WIPO Study on Copyright in Video Games

WIPO Study on Copyright in Video Games

Just in time for (some of) your papers, the World Intellectual Property Organization has released a study called “The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches”. Lots of useful information, but as always appropriate academic consideration should be given in assessing the study to the agenda and mandate of the funding organization. From the […]

Virtual Property continued…

Virtual Property continued…

One interesting angle on this issue is the difficulty posed to recognizing rights in virtual property that arises due to the ephemeral nature of video-game worlds.  Evolving technology, capricious consumers, the game-makers’ efforts to keep their products fresh, and ultimately the success of the game over time all ensure that no virtual world is likely […]

1st Post to Paper Talk (paper categories)

1st Post to Paper Talk (paper categories)

In class on Wednesday we had a brief discussion about how to inventory and keep track of possible paper topics. So you will notice a new menu item on the website “Paper Talk”. Here anyone in the class (or last year’s class) can post new ideas and anyone can comment on them. Will certainly do […]