New lawsuits update
Infinity Ward Developers sue Activision (for unpaid royalties)
From Lawsuits and Settlements Web site (talking about the California state law factor) ; and story from the Vancouver Sun.
A slightly different take…The Lawsuit and Public Relations, from Gamasutra. Other lawsuits, after the jump….
Linden Lab “land-owners” sue for the change in Terms of Service over the years
In California… AGAIN… article here at this online mag.
The story from Virtual Worlds News… ; From the Los Angeles Times Business blog; the always dependable Massively
Linux Users sue for loss of that capability on PS3 (via the latest PSN update “killing” any Linux installation).
Gamespot article here….; and from Kotaku.
All of these lawsuits are very complicated, and interesting, and I hope to discuss them in full, at a later date.
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Tags: Activision, class action, EULA, Infinity Ward, lawsuits, Linden Lab, Linux, Playstation Network, Terms of Service, virtual worlds
