What is all the hub-bub about whether games ARE ART? Sure, a painting by a Renaissance artist dead 300 years ago may sell for tens of millions; but a videogame made by living graphic artists sold hundreds of millions(COD)… in the first day. Imagine what it could go for in the 24th century? (OK, maybe [...]
There are four essential parts to a fourm policy: 1. Instruction 2. Limitation 3.Legal protection 4.Input/Discourse Of course, there’s more to it than this: full discussion after the jump…
Tracking your virtual character to track YOU! Pixels and Policy has a great article about using a guy’s WOW profile to arrest him in real life. Extraordinary piece of reporting about interaction between police and WOW support system. This is a link to a somewhat related story where Blizzard (WOW-maker) was sued for the way [...]
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 [...]
Here are some important legal updates on stories I’ve talked about the last 90 days. World of Warcraft is shut down in China once again by government authority. Here’s the full story at gamasutra. The most telling information is that even in a government as centralized as China there is sometimes a lack of communication. [...]
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 [...]
What happens to your online world when your real-life world ends? When you give it up by choice, or through circumstances such as disability, or even worse, death? This is not a long, dry exposition on the intricacies of estate law. Heck, there’s not enough case law out there to do a seminar or a [...]
According to multiple sources, this article by Pr-inside reports that a US shareholder sues China’s the9 and executives. Here is the full original story on Reuters that they refer to. The main focus is that “A U.S. shareholder sued Chinese online role-playing game developer The9 (NCTY.O) and its top executives on Wednesday, claiming they made [...]
What rights does a player have not to be banned; and what responsibility does a developer, and further an administrator, of a game have to ban cheating, harassing, or obnoxious players? First I’ll talk about banning a player for in-game conduct, either through speech that’s found problemsome; or either through conduct in playing the game, [...]
Today’s post is: we’ll get a lawyer when we have a dispute… why bother beforehand! Back in the Game, Great article about when your hobby becomes your Job Working out the legal issues is important because virtual worlds are becoming more mainstream. Sony Online Entertainment said that its Free Realms virtual world drew more than [...]
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