Music games as music platform?

Does this strike a chord with you? Viacom announced that MTV Games plans later this year to launch a service that will let any musical artist upload and submit their songs for possible inclusion in its “Rock Band” music video game, Billboard reported. Developers with MTV’s Harmonix studio will review submissions for playability, lyrics and [...]

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Stop, Thief

Someone stole my gold! Can I sue them? Number 1 question I see and hear about virtual property. Number 1 Answer, it depends! Believe it or not, this seemingly simple question is too big for one post. In fact, it covers many, many professionally-written articles in sophisticated law journals. Today, I’m just going to break [...]

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Developer’s Corner

People ask me all the time about the title of this blog. Does this mean the blog is just for gamers?No. The title means it is for lawyers, game publishers, game makers, and game developers who care about gamer’s rights. Think about it. When there is a movement for “people’s rights”, who is it that [...]

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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 [...]

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