Gamers Rights Law

  From the Movie ”Death Becomes Her”, “Now, a warning“, link to trailer.  Well, they couldn’t say Blizzard didn’t warn them. More after the jump Photo by Megaman, http://www.flickr.com/photos/meta-man/4198170449/ Used via Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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Photo: Flickr, from Cornell College Collection, no known copyright restrictions. Huhh, Jun-Sok, An Economic Analysis on Online Game Service (August 28, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1335120 (A not-quite-so-recent article which talks about the nuts and bolts of running a for-profit game online. )…. a couple more articles after the jump

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If you read the great novels you can be thankful that the great authors did not have to sit through creative writing courses.   !!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE Subscribe to Gamers Rights Law Feed by Email NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4359403229/sizes/m/in/photostream/; Creative Commons, Flickr; Attribution required, Cornell University Library The subject for today; is creativity dead or merely hiding and [...]

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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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 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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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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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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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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   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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