Discussion topic – 10th October 2018
Are you in control of your mind? Our discussion will look at equipping you with a variety of information on the topic of video games and addiction, so that you can form an educated opinion on this recently fired up debate. Outline 1. Gaming disorder and addiction WHO definition How would it get diagnosed? 2. […]
Class 2 Guest Speaker: Ian Verchere
IMHO Ian Verchere is the most influential active creator of games in B.C. He has been a force to reckon with for decades, and if we are lucky, will be for decades to come. He has been a “must-see” part of this course for many years. His talks are always deeply and passionately rooted in […]
“Life As A Game: Legal Consequences of A.I. Individuated MEdia” @ More Than Just Game lV, April 5, 2018, London U.K.
This past week I once again had the pleasure of giving a talk at fourth annual “More Than A Game ” conference in the U.K. As seems to always be the case, the ideas for the talk were germinated during this course, especially during our various collective musings about Artificial intelligence in video-games. Thanks are […]
Au revoir to the 10th cohort of Video Game Law….
As we approach reading week, it’s high time that I thank the 10th cohort of the course. There was lots to be impressed by. Your support of each other. Your commitment to really going deep on the legal questions. Your heartfelt efforts in class presentations. Ultimately what moved me the most was how you […]
Acceleration to Authenticity: Emerging Trends in Online Legal Education
For those of you in class on Friday who witnessed me prattling on (hopefully as minimally as possible) about the pedagogical intentions behind what we are embarking on, and somehow are curious about that, you may want to sneak a peak at the slides attached above. They are from a presentation from the day before […]
Crafting Effective EULA’s & ToS’
On Friday June 9, 2017 in Toronto I gave a talk on the strategic essentials of drafting End User License Agreements and Terms of Service to a program on Video Game Law put on by the Ontario Bar Association’s Entertainment, Media & Communications Law, and Information Technology & Intellectual Property Law sections. My original slides […]
“Old Media v. Social Media: Some Observations”
In Toronto on April 26, 2017 I participated in The Law Society of Upper Canada’s 2017 Entertainment & Media Law Symposium. The panel I was part of was entitled “#BraveNewWorld: How to Practice Social Media Law.” Being far and away the oldest of the panellists, I proved my age by through my topic “Old Media […]
“Trusting Ourselves: Freedom of Thought in Virtual Realities” @ More Than Just A Game lll, April 6, 2017, London U.K.
Again this past April I was honoured to participate in my wonderful colleague, Professor Gaetano Dimita’s outstanding annual international “More Than Just a Game” conference, in London, U.K. The conference was fittingly put on at historic Stationers’ Hall by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, aided and abetted by a group […]
Welcome Cohort 10 of Video Game Law @ Allard
Welcome. Am very excited to be starting the 10th edition of Video Game Law at the Allard School of Law. It a bit mind boggling to reflect back on nine other classes and all the special moments, and most significantly all the truly amazing students I am so lucky have had an interest in the […]
Can you use other companies’ trademarks in your video game? | Zachary C. Strebeck
Here is a nice piece that summarizes U.S. law in the wake of Dave Spratley’s talk to us last week: Can you use other companies’ trademarks in your video game? | Zachary C. Strebeck: Attorney at Law. jon