From Blockbuster to Bankruptcy …. a tale of two entities

Some starter material (yeah, that’s right, the legal stuff above-the-fold): PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN BANKRUPTCY Protecting IP Rights From A Licensor’s Bankruptcy: What You Need To Know About Section 365(n), Posted on July 30, 2009 by Bob Eisenbach Protecting Your Rights to Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy; Meyner and Landis LLP Photo:  Creative [...]

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Video Games: Spectator Sport?

 Gaming:  the Spectator Sport  20 years ago; there were a lot of kids skateboarding.  And about a decade later, a lot of kids snowboarding.  Not a lot of people watching. AND CERTAINLY not anyone paying to watch.  Fast forward.  Today, the ratings of the X-games are not the ratings of the Olympics.  But you know, check [...]

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First Sale Doctrine (Used software)

Yahoo news story about first sale doctrine decision; and the upholding of the EULA. The Ars Technica story about the ruling. First Sale decision itself. FOR COMPARISON’S SAKE, the Agreements of Two major software sellers. EA’s TOS ; Amazon’s TOS Great current article on the case from the Shidler Journal of Law and Commerce Several very [...]

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Game developers; protecting yourself (Developers Corner)

A few thoughts about games and what they are; and then after the fold a couple of insights about protecting your intellectual property.  If you like the blog, please comment, and subscribe to the RSS feed you use regularly.  Thanks. Journey across the Main Stream (from Gamasutra)  Great discussion about what makes a game playable for [...]

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