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….

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Update on articles about virtual worlds

I am currently “shopping around” for online and local forums that would like to hear me speak about Gamer’s Rights and how it is changing the conceptions of license agreements and forums rules.
Meanwhile, today’s post centers on the great work that other lawyer-bloggers are doing, as well as a few professional papers I recommend you MUST [...]

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EULApalooza

That’s right, I said it.
Mysteriously, most of the sites that list EULAs that I use as reference have dropped away over the past year or so.
All of these EULAs that I am sending your way are off the publisher’s front page, no deep-linking, and no commentary at all. Enjoy and use this as a resource [...]

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World Of Warcraft China Server Now Reinstated

The World of Warcraft MMO, an Activision/Blizzard product, is now back online in China with NetEase as the administrator.
Earlier this year World of Warcraft was suspended in China. The Chinese government administration did not license the continuation of a server for WOW.
This online game has about five million active users in China, accounting for [...]

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