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Re-Mission: violent video game with a positive outcome?
HopeLabs developed a video game designed for teenagers and young adults with cancer. In the game, players navigate within the human body — using violent video game tactics — to target cancer cells, infections, and side-effects of treatment. http://www.hopelab.org/innovative-solutions/re-mission%E2%84%A2/ The game is touted as one of a number of uses of video game violence with positive outcomes, […]
University of Pennsylvania Law School I.P. Symposium “Creation Nation: IP & The Rise of Prosumerism” Friday, March 29, 2013
Am honoured to be speaking on a panel with Greg Lastowka and Mark Methenitis on modding and video games. The entire program (which is excellent and covers legal challenges in fan fiction and 3D printing as well) is here: 2013 Symposium » Penn Intellectual Property Group. There will be a live stream of the event which […]
Guest Speakers from EA – March 28, 2013
We have the privilege of having a team of two guest speakers from Electronics Arts Inc. with us this week. Electronics Arts Inc. was incorporated in 1982. EA was a pioneer in the development of home video games. EA is an international company with numerous locations in Canada, including Vancouver. EA develops and publishes games […]
The ToS Death Penalty
Today on the Consumerist, a reader writes to complain of the ToS Death Penalty – a draconian punishment for purported ToS violations that is becoming all too common. The ToS Death Penalty is the seemingly arbitrary execution of a user’s online account with a company, with no explanation of what actually happened and without right […]
Intel Web TV & Privacy
Following up on our class discussions Wednesday, Alan Bruggeman sent up this story with video in the link suggesting that we watch especially 7:40 – 12:12. http://allthingsd.com/20130212/erik-huggers-makes-his-case-for-intels-web-tv-service/ jon (for Alan)
News of the Week; March 20,2013
1. Nintendo found guilty of patent infringement over glasses-free 3DS technology: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4100924/nintendo-guilty-of-patent-infringement-3ds-technology 2. Major vulnerability in EA’s Origin platform lets hackers overtake PCs: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4124456/major-vulnerability-ea-origin-hackers-overtake-gamer-pcs 3. Defeating mobile game clones: Why copyright protection is not enough: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/16/defeating-mobile-game-clones-why-copyright-protection-is-not-enough/ 4. Research: Playing Shooters Improves Visual Search: http://gamepolitics.com/2013/03/15/research-playing-shooters-improves-visual-search#.UUTATKXR1Lw 5. Video Games and Societal Violence: Cause for Urgent Action or a Bridge Too Far?: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-levine/video-games-and-societal-_b_2859598.html […]
Comments on March 20th
A couple of comments re our class today. 1. We talked about Netflix using personal information to create House of Cards and whether this was okay. For both practical and legal reasons, I think an important consideration is whether Netflix is using your information in a reasonable way. For me, I think it is reasonable […]
Alan Bruggeman of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division speaking this week…and some preparatory reading
Alan Bruggeman is a Senior Attorney in Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division. At Microsoft, Alan has provided legal counsel on a variety of entertainment devices and services, including the Xbox 360 console and accessories, the now-defunct (but still awesome) Zune media player, Microsoft Studios, and Xbox LIVE. Prior to his work at Microsoft, Alan worked as […]
“Law School” (Payphone by Maroon 5 Parody) by Chocolate Ghost House
Could go on and on explaining how this video relates to our course by way of the legal issues around mods, parody, machinima and user created content. But that wouldn’t fool you, would it? Watch & enjoy… jon
Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition
Following up on this week’s class, here is an example of an inspired dad. He modded Donkey Kong in response to a question from his 3 year old daughter. Now the Princess saves Mario…. jon