Links to great Virtual Worlds law podcasts

Here’s the best audio feeds (podcasts) I’ve found about Virtual Worlds.  I’ve neglected the subject lately; not because of lack of material, but because authors (such as these) are doing such a great job covering the field. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SLCN-Metanomics (Great series of lectures about virtual worlds,  including one with Professor Robert Bloomfield and Professor Joshua Fairfield.. both [...]

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Second Life sued (again) for land values??

Report on the lawsuit from “Courthouse News” http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/20/26549.htm   CNN coverage of Second life class-action over land values http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/10/virtual.property.second.life/?hpt=Sbin   Inc. Magazine coverage of the lawsuit http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/05/second-life-virtual-land-dispute.html   LA Magazine short article http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/30/business/la-fi-lazarus-20100430   Blogger’s article quite skeptical of the lawsuit http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/04/bragging-again.html   Website ostensibly dedicated to the lawsuit http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/ , with pdf (unverified) of [...]

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Gamers Rights Blog: What exactly IS that, anyway?

I tried to lay out a definition when I started, but didn’t know exactly what was out there.  I think I can give a little more refinement to my ideas at this point.  Today’s lesson covers THE BASICS.

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Gamestop Sued: Used Games not have retail-only DLC

If you keep up with this sort of thing, you might say “Duh!” If you don’t, you might say, “Why don’t they rip off the sticker? After the jump, here’s the roundup of points of view for these two thoughts: 

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Making Money on Rock Band Network, can it be done?

  Let me first declare – this is likely the most unbiased blog posting you’ll read.  I’m not trying to sell you something, and frankly don’t know how as an attorney I can “cash in” on the Rock Band Network (if you know an idea, please leave a comment).  Harmonix, or Apple for that matter, [...]

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Mass Effect 2 – I need glasses

First of all, the statement from Mass Effect 2 publisher: “Responding to user complaints on the matter on the developer’s forums, BioWare’s Michael Gamble writes, “I’ll have to talk to Casey about this (as any way to address it would have far reaching changes in the game), but please don’t expect any decisions or a [...]

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Gamers Rights News

A listing of Gamers Rights articles in the gaming media. An article on Skewed and Reviewed with ECA president Hal Halpin. I’m not familiar with this Website but the article seemed to be balanced and informative. Nearly a Million X-box users banned from X-box Live, according to an article on Redorbit.com Excellent article about a [...]

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Developers Corner (Game audio and Voice-Actors)

As the graphics of games become more and more detailed, it is essential that the audio and even the voice actors live up to that high standard. This is an article that gives a great insight into the audio portion of the video game process. Every developer should read this to determine if and when [...]

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Convergence of Gaming and Social Media; overhyped or underreported?

The latest headlines about games seem to emphasize the social aspects of games; quests in World of Warcraft, meeting people or colleagues in Second Life, or hanging out in There. On the other side, the non-gaming social media, the litigation between “Mob Wars” and “Mafia” for the hearts and minds of the Facebook crowd. So [...]

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