Another Brick in the Wall…..
Or so say users of Final Fantasy XIII for the Playstation III. You can find a copy(non-verified) of the lawsuit here.
More information and links after the jump….
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 extensively [...]
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 filing http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/pleadings/evan_spencer_carter_v_linden_labs_virtual_land_property_rights_class_action_lawsuit.pdf
Related discussions along the same theme (for background or entertainment)
(OLD_SCHOOL DISCUSSION)Sherrifs Of Norrath (Yes, from [...]
The Fall of Infinity Ward – And the New Rise of the Personal Service Contract
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What led to the destruction (total?) at Infinity Ward Studios?(read the other stories tagged Infinity Ward if you’re not familiar with [...]
PS3 Users, log in… so we can “downgrade” your system
PSN has decided that they will “downgrade” the system of users. Here’s the official announcement made recently at THE PLAYSTATION BLOG : ”will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to [...]
Games Workshop Sues (Part II)
Well, actually, it’s a new lawsuit. There are numerous internet sites reporting Games Workshop suing Curse (runs Website Warhammer Alliance).
The report from the prolific blog Massively… my favorite quote, “a litany of allegations including cybersquatting, unfair competition, dilution (of the IP), and more”. They link to the complaint here.
Warhammer Alliance response here, or you can [...]
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….
(Mid-week Meat) Contract from the Bottom Up
Most attorneys do things opposite. For instance, I’m greatly in favor of reading a contract (player/company, developer/potential-publisher) from the bottom up. So the next couple of weeks, I’m going to focus on a common theme of the bottom of those contracts: Locality; Globality; and Longevity. Today, an introduction into Longevity as regarding Developer Contracts.
The “Memphis Mafia” and Running a Company
This is just a short news post about credit card overcharges at Warhammer Online. It’s so peripheral to the “business” of video games that I don’t have much original to add from a legal standpoint. But I do have a short personal commentary at the end(after the jump) .
New wave of copyright lawsuits
Zynga vs PlayerAuctions (From Web site IP trademark lawyer)
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. Playerauctions.com, CV10-2576 CBM (C.D. Cal. 2010). (Zynga says that Player Auctions is making money from their work. We’ll keep up with this one.) Others to keep up with after the jump.
