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Class 5 Guest Speaker: Mavis Dixon

By Jon Festinger on October 12, 2015

 

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Mavis Dixon will be talking to us this week about how games interact with our brains. Mavis  is Manager of Projects and Engagement with Ayogo Health Inc.  Ayogo blends game technology, patient-centered health narratives and design thinking to create games for people with chronic health conditions. Over time Mavis assumed the lead for digital marketing where her passion for writing and talking about Ayogo dovetailed with her passion for researching emergent cognitive technologies, gamification, behaviour change, cognitive bias and patient engagement.  A certified PM with a background in psychology, social media and marketing strategy, Mavis’s work has impacted the lives of millions of Canadians. At Ayogo, she engages patient communities and health industry partners through strategic alliances that improve adherence and health outcomes.  She writes on Patient Engagement and moderates the Patient Engagement group on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Patient-Engagement-5061283/about

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News of the Week: October 7, 2015

By Jon Festinger on October 11, 2015

GAMES

1. Pokémon copyright lawyers demand $4,000 from party planner: “I literally don’t have $4000… I will never throw another fandom party.”

+ Pokemon Wants To Totally Bankrupt One Of Its Biggest Fans, Thanks To Copyright

+ Fan turns to the crowd for Pokemon PAX party settlement

2. EA Takes Right-of-Publicity Case to Supreme Court

3. The Escapist faces possible legal action over Star Citizen exposé: Cloud Imperium has denied accusations of mishandling funds and workplace discrimination, claims unethical journalistic practice

4. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 5 FOB insurance is the worst kind of microtransaction: Recurring, virtual insurance policy feels like a protection racket for online players.

5. Ridiculous Deus Ex pre-order scheme canceled after “resounding” fan ire: Players no longer have to “unlock” content with collective early purchases.

6. Moneyball, but for Mario—the data behind Super Mario Maker popularity

7. Changes to UK Consumer Rights Act are good news for gamers

+ A Practical Video Games Industry Guide To The Uk’s Consumer Rights Act 2015

9. Trade Mark Trouble – Is Your Game Protected?

10. Cheaters sometimes prosper — on Facebook: Concordia researchers explore how players bend the rules in social media games, and judge others for doing the same

11. Report: Curt Schilling and Rhode Island officials tried to keep 38 Studios deal a secret

12. Why video games have launch problems

13. NBA 2K16 breaks new milestones

14. “We weren’t expecting this many people would buy a PlayStation 4”

15. eSports to bring in $1.8 billion by 2020 – Analyst

16. Destiny introduces microtransactions

17. Train Simulator 2016 And How We’ve Reached The Crest Of The Dumb DLC Wave

18. Three steps to help ensure the enforceability of your website’s terms of use 

DIGITAL

1. Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Judgment Of The EU Court (Grand Chamber) 6 October 2015

+ Safe Harbour deal ruled invalid by top European court

+ European Court Strikes Down Data Sharing Safe Harbour Between the United States and the EU: What’s the Impact for Canada?

+ How a Law Seminar Inspired a Student to Bring a Case to Europe’s Top Court

2. The Corporate-Friendly World of the T.P.P.

3. Harper government facing court challenge over secret OIC

4. Intermediary Liability And User Content Under Europe’s New Data Protection Law

5. Ashley Madison – a new era in privacy class actions for Canada?

6. HK backspace, backspace: Censors delete news of Hong Kong’s protests, but not quite fast enough

7. Female technology journalists report abuse is still the name of the game: Women in tech forced to disguise their identity – and even quit the industry – after facing threats online, study finds

8. Amazon to ban sales of Apple TV, Google Chromecast to boost Prime Video

+ Amazon Bans Sale Of Competing Apple TV, Chromecast Devices To ‘Avoid Customer Confusion’

9. David Cameron & The Pig: Revenge Porn & The Right To Be Forgotten

10. Highly personal data for 15 million T-Mobile applicants stolen by hackers

11. Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right’

12. Yelp settles suit with bankruptcy lawyer over allegations of fake reviews

13. Epic Minds’ $70k Kickstarter cash is gone, needs $120k to finish

14. When Amazon Dies: What will happen to digital collections of books, movies, and music when the tech giants fall?

15. YouTube’s Young Viewers Are Becoming Its Creators

16. DMCA considerations following the “Dancing Baby case” – Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.

17. Apple Watch Is Being Severely Underestimated

18. The Age of Satellites

19. The importance of human innovation in A.I. ethics 

CREATIVITY

1. Scientology Ramps Up ‘Going Clear’ Smear Campaign, Contacts Academy Members

2. Ai Weiwei finds ‘listening devices’ hidden in Beijing studio: Dissident artist posts images of suspected bugs on Instagram after returning to China following first overseas trip in four years

3. Frankie Valli Faces Trial for Ripping Off His Own Life Story in ‘Jersey Boys’: A journalist’s widow pursues an odd copyright case that’s four decades in the making.

4. There are laws making it illegal to collect data on open land: Wyoming law—which forbids testing water quality, taking photos—is being challenged.

5. The Dangers When Financiers Think They Can Produce Movies, Too

6. Female Journalists Barred From NFL Locker Room — For Being Women: Ironically, the reporters were covering the Jaguars-Colts game as part of a sports media diversity event.

7. Are patent trolls taking over the fashion industry?

8. How The Media Inspires Mass Shooters

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Class 4 Guest Speaker: Brian Dartnell

By Jon Festinger on October 4, 2015

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Brian Dartnell, Associate General Counsel of Electronic Arts is our guest this week. Brian has been with EA for almost 10 years and is an exceptionally good friend of the course. He will take us through the rather exceptional scope of activities that an in-house video game lawyer participates in.

Brian’s bio (from Linked In):

Associate General Counsel, Electronic Arts: November 2005 – Present, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Associate, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP: April 2000 – November 2005 (5 years 8 months) Employment and Labour Law Practice.

Judicial Law Clerk, British Columbia Court of Appeal:  – (1 year 1 month).

Associate, Owen Bird Law Corporation: March 1998 – April 2000 (2 years 2 months) General Litigation Practice”

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Class 3 – 9/30/15: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Ian Verchere

By Jon Festinger on October 4, 2015

For some reason Ian’s slides didn’t feed into the video. Everything else seems good.

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News of the Week; September 30, 2015

By Jon Festinger on October 4, 2015

GAMES

1. Wizards of the Coast settles Hex lawsuit

2. Dev Offers Free Games For Steam User Reviews, Gets Nuked By Valve

3. Black Forest Games loses Diesel trademark dispute

4. Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn and more take aim at cyber harassment against women in new report

5. Hasbro Spent Time, Money, Lawyers’ Attention To Barely Make A Difference Over My Little Pony Fan Game

6. Hackers restore PlayStation TV compatibility that was blocked by Sony: Simple e-mail exploit lets microconsole play dozens more games.

7. Valve blames developers for lingering VR nausea issues

8. Carmack: Minecraft is “the single most important application for VR”

9. Hothead Games opens new Halifax studio

10. FarmVille creator Mark Skaggs leaves Zynga

11. Over 20,000 attend first Twitchcon: 1.9 million unique online viewers for streamer show

12. Twitch policy on nudity a “disgrace” – Yang

13. Turner forms Counter-Strike eSports league, TV series

14. Five factors key to making eSports a $1bn business by 2020

DIGITAL

1. NSA snooping may endanger Safe Harbor Agreement with the EU

+ Opinion by ECJ Advocate General finds Safe Harbor invalid

+ Opinion Of Advocate General (EU), 23 September 2015, Case C‑362/14 Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner

+ US desperately defends Safe Harbour scheme, says it never uses “indiscriminate surveillance” on EU: US tells EU’s highest court not to interfere with its data-slurping-with-impunity agreement.

2. Federal Judge Says Law Enforcement Can’t Make You Hand Over Your Smartphone Passcode

+ Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says: Demanding “personal thought processes” amounts to compelled self incrimination.

3. The Era Of Automatic Facial Recognition And Surveillance Is Here (Bruce Schneier)

4. Snowden Treaty Launched: Effort To Get Countries To End Mass Surveillance

5. FTC Sues Marketers Who Used “Gag Clauses,” Monetary Threats, and Lawsuits to Stop Negative Consumer Reviews for Unproven Weight-Loss Products

6. Facebook Ads Are All-Knowing, Unblockable, and in Everyone’s Phone

7. The Increasing Attacks On The Most Important Law On The Internet

8. Online activism and why the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act must die

9. Malware Outbreak in App Store Alerts Tech Companies to Security Risks of China’s Great Firewall

10. DARPA is implanting chips in soldiers’ brains, according to this new book

11. When Online Kremlin Propaganda Leaves the Web, It Looks Like This

12. Beyond ad blocking — the biggest boycott in human history

13. Government Report Declares Broadband An Essential, Uncompetitive Utility, Wistfully Ponders If Perhaps We Should Do Something About It

14. Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue (Michael Geist)

15. No, You Don’t Need to Post a Facebook Copyright Status

16. Cox Points Out That Rightscorp Is Either A Mass Infringer Itself… Or Admits That Downloading Songs Can Be Fair Use

17. Focus: Companies responding to copyright infringement in creative ways

18. Now That Nielsen Can Actually Be Bothered To Track Internet Video, The Numbers For Traditional TV Are Getting Ugly

19. Spotify but for the Titanic: A Proposal for the Future of News and Publishing

20. Waiting for a Drop in Corporate Hacks after U.S.-China Deal

21. Taylor Swift Deleting Periscope Concert Streams: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

22. Why Apple Music Missed a Beat

23. Election advertising gets with the #times

24. Creative Robots Replacing Artists And Writers…

25. John Carmack on Developing the Netflix App for Oculus

26. What are the implications of the right to be forgotten in the Americas?

27. Will that be cash, credit or bitcoin? The pros and cons of digital currency

28. The casual racism of our most popular dating apps: Sites like Tinder and Grindr are littered with racial preferences and worse. Why are we so ready to let them slide?

29. The Man Who Created Second Life Thinks We Can Make an Earth-Sized Virtual World

30. Moon-Landing Equivalent for Robots: Assembling an IKEA Chair

31. Volkswagen and the Era of Cheating Software

+ Volkswagen Scandal Proves It’s Time To Stop Being Passive About Our Tech

+ Should research on vehicle software be hidden from the public? 

CREATIVITY

1. Pow! Appeals court assigns copyright to the Batmobile

+ Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A ‘Character’ Covered By Copyright

2. The Copyright Issue of Using Music in Election Campaigns

3. Gallagher v. Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

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Guild Ace Attorneys

By jose on September 30, 2015

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Guild Remanie: Modding & Content Originality

By david klaponski on September 30, 2015

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By brendan dzioba on September 30, 2015

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Knights of Allardia: Video Games and Violence

By Luke Effa on September 30, 2015

Guild Name:

Knights of Allardia (KoA)

Guild Members:

Amanda Lim, Lorraine Ang, Luke Effa, and Thomas Walker

Origin Myth:

Initially formed to wage war on plagiarism across campus, the Knights of Allardia soon found it was far more profitable to sue people for copyright infringement instead. With newfound pecuniary motivation, KoA began litigating with a vengeance, and many evil doers fell before their mighty pens. One day, a magic wizard told the Knights that video gaming had become a multi-billion dollar industry, and that they could acquire even more gold by defending these virtual bastions of free speech from the evil clutches of tyrants like the Dark Overlord Jack Thompson LL.B. Intrigued by the prospect of greater loot by defending game developers from frivolous lawsuits, KoA immediately registered in the first video game law course they could find, and began their quest for a slice of the video game revenue pie.

Topic: Video Games and Violence

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Law-ification Presentation @ Full Indie Summit 2014

By Jon Festinger on September 28, 2015

For anyone who wants my take on a broad variety of issues video game developers might be interested in, this video which is a bit over a year old (but only recently posted to YouTube) might be helpful.

https://youtu.be/5e7JoA1YK-Y

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