Used games; Ethicality and legality

I.  THQ comments fuel debate about $10 DLC THQ doesn’t care if you don’t like DLC (From Computer and Videogames) Penny Arcade comic that ignited the debate  The Legal Satirycon takes Penny Arcade to task Wired explains  Used games: not a simple debate  Dubious Quality blog says its a dangerous game developers are playing Why Punish [...]

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Legal stories updates

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/2975427277/ Creative Commons non-derivative license. Kinect Story, keeping the name of XBox360 Motion Controller secret (from Joystiq game site, legal blog by Mark Mathenitis) More legal updates after the jump…

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Sony PSN Terms of Service(An evolving animal)

                     Changing Terms of Service Agreement(TOS) and the lost art of redlining. With a 50-100 page agreement in the legal world, there are often changes made.  Bilaterally.  And those changes are put in a format known as “redlining”.  There’s a certain courtesy extended to opposing attorneys which involves “redlining”; that is leaving the new [...]

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Developer’s Corner (What’s My Job, anyway?)

Wearing  Multiple Hats is Tough (From the Christopher M Park blog) Talking about the conflicts of an indy developer… interesting stuff…(Note: stole the title for this from one of his subtopics) Picture by qThomasBower; Creative Commons license 2.0 on Flickr…The rest after the jump

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