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If you’re a gay gamer (a gaymer ), you might have wished from time to time to find a game or two with some gay/lesbian content. Lucky for you, someone has prepared a list of such games. The games they don’t like, but you might, for glbt reasons, are: “Army of Two,” “Bully,” “Fable 2,” “Grand Theft Auto IV,” “Mass Effect,” “Saints Row 2,” various “Sims 2” games, and “Valkyria Chronicles.” Tags: gay video games MORE
Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law, has published From Research Conclusions to Real Change: Understanding The First Amendment’s (Non)Response to the Negative Effects of Violent Video Games on Children, in volume 63 of Southern Methodist University Law MORE
Eriq Gardner Gate Five claims singer made extortion demand just before last Christmas. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music MORE
If you’ve wondered how composers and songwriters get noticed, and have their music licensed for use in movies, on television, in video games, and other media, you’re not alone. The post How to get your music into film, TV, Video Games, etc. Fortunately, the good folks over at ASCAP have published a useful post to help. They asked a group of folks from the Guild of Music Supervisors to give their advice. MORE
The Business Music Video Games THR, Esq. Gate Five alleged the singer walked away from a motion-sensing dance project. read more. Beyonce Tech Business MORE
Jon Garon, NKU Chase College of Law, has published Beyond the First Amendment: Shaping the Contours of Commercial Speech in Video Games, Virtual Worlds and Social Media. Here is the abstract. In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011), the Supreme MORE
Remy Green, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobsen, LLP, is publishing All Your Works Are Belong to Us: New Frontiers for the Derivative Work Right in Video Games in volume 19 of the North Carolina Journal of Law and MORE
Schwartzenegger, the violent video games case. The Supreme Court has granted cert in Entertainment Software Association v. The Ninth Circuit had struck down the statute at issue in this case, California Civil Code Sections 1746-1746.5. We hold that the Act MORE
By Eriq Gardner We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal -- unless, of course, these men are pursuing happiness inside a massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing game. Computer and video games continue to yield some interesting law. Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Video Games MORE
Eriq Gardner The complicated business of a video game that features rap songs. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Tech Business MORE
The trade association for game publishers has filed a lawsuit in Illinois District Court against the Chicago Transit Authority. Tags: Advertising Free Speech Litigation Staffing Video Games By Eriq Gardner The Electronic Software Association looks to be getting a little more aggressive in sticking up for its rights. MORE
In European news, Switzerland has taken a giant leap in the effort to regulate video games. Recently, the country’s parliament passed two resolutions concerning the sale of violent video games. Now that these resolutions have passed the parliament, they fall into the hands of the Swiss National Council to design and implement the actual legal framework that will ban the sale of violent video games to minors. MORE
Electronic Arts gets the win because Robin Antonick failed to introduce source code at trial to show how later versions of game were similar to his original. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
From the New York Times, an article on yesterday's important ruling, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association MORE
Eriq Gardner Highlights from yesterday's hearing on whether to regulate the sale of video games to minors. read more. Movies Movies Business MORE
The gamer-watching platform says it needs to protect a "fair playing field." read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
Eriq Gardner The government has begun its triennial rule-making on anti-piracy exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech Apple Piracy MORE
Eriq Gardner Singer says she isn't to blame for pulling out of the motion-sensing dance video game, "Starpower: Beyoncé." Music Music Beyonce Video Gamesread more. THR, Esq. MORE
In this Asked and Answered video, I respond to Guy’s inquiry about whether permission is required for a fan film based on a video game. Asked and Answered: Do I need permission to base a fan film on a video game? This is intended as general information only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. MORE
Eriq Gardner Entertainment law news including FCC activity, Nicollette Sheridan's lawsuit, and the best video game law firm. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business MORE
Dorf on the upcoming violent video games case before the Supreme Court (Schwarzenegger v. Findlaw's Michael C. Entertainment Merchants Ass'n (EMA)). The Court will hear arguments tomorrow. Briefs here MORE
FindLaw's Julie Hilden says that California video game law might well be upheld. Read more here MORE
Emir Crowne, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, has published Supreme Court of Canada Rules that a Musical Work Within a Video Game Downloaded from the Internet Does Not Attract Additional Royalties. Here is the abstract. In Entertainment Software Association MORE
A judge rejects gamers' privacy complaint because they haven't alleged a concrete injury. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
The Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ), an association of computer and video game publishers, won an injunction against the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the U.S. The ordinance prohibited any advertisement that markets or identifies a video or computer game rated “Mature 17+&# (M) or “Adults Only 18+&# (AO). Warning: Above Image Causes Violence. MORE
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case testing the validity of a California statute that bans the sale or rental of video games to minors. The justices agreed to hear the case only a week after overturning a. MORE
edit@hollywoodreporter.com (Eriq Gardner) A New Jersey judge finds that a video game publisher's right to free expression outweighs the player's right of publicity. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Business MORE
Emile Loza, Technology Law Group, has published Video Software Dealers Ass'n v. Schwarzenegger: A Rising Ninth Circuit Case on the Constitutionality of States' Regulation of Minors' Access to Violent Video Games, at 25 Computer & Internet Lawyer 1 (May 2008 MORE
Eriq Gardner What's taking the high court so long to decide whether states can ban violent video game sales to minors? read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business MORE
Eriq Gardner A few weeks after Guns N' Roses gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Axl Rose might be in court explaining why he didn't want an image of Slash performing a GNR hit in a video game. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Axl Rose Slash MORE
Whether we like it or not, video games have become an undeniable force in our world. Gone (mostly) are the days where I find an afternoon wasted on NBA Jam or Mario Kart , but I also realize that the N64 I purchased in seventh grade with birthday money is unlikely to be the last console I ever buy — after all, I grew up on video games and turned out fine, so why should I refuse my future children the same luxury? MORE
by Christopher Harbin It’s pretty easy to get duped into buying a crappy video game. A lot of video game marketing is pretty shady. Submitted for your consideration: the Madden “bullshot.&# Bullshots are promotional screen captures released by game companies that bear absolutely no resemblance to the final product. Gameplay footage released by game companies can be even more [.]. MORE
On First Amendment grounds, the Supreme Court has struck down a California law which limits the sale of violent video games to minors. The majority found that the state had provided no compelling interest to "abridge the freedom of speech MORE
Whether or not the First Amendment protects celebrity exploitation is a hot topic in the legal system. read more. The Business THR, Esq. Tech Business MORE
Eriq Gardner In 7-2 decision, Supreme Court justices say law protecting minors from violent video games isn't compelling enough to abridge free speech. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business MORE
Video Games THR, Esq. Chris Escobedo identifies the tattoo on UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit as his own, and says it is protected by copyright. read more. Style Tech Business MORE
A Swedish gaming company says the studio shut down its digital entertainment division and walked away from a co-production deal on games. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Tech Business Paramount Pictures MORE
By Eriq Gardner We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal -- unless, of course, these men are pursuing happiness inside a massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing game. Computer and video games continue to yield some interesting law. Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Video Games MORE
Eriq Gardner Artist files copyright infringement lawsuit against gossip site for publishing her depiction of the underworld. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech MORE
By Eriq Gardner Famed video game designer Richard Garriot has just taken one hell of a trip. Two years ago, the man behind blockbuster role-playing games Ultima and Tabula Rasa spent $30 million of his own money to be a. Tags: Decisions Roundup Labor Video Games MORE
Eriq Gardner Famous former athletes including Bill Russell continue to pursue compensation from lucrative video game licensing deals. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business MORE
An appeals court says there are triable issues as to whether Beyonce breached a licensing deal by walking away from a dance video game. read more. The Business Music THR, Esq. Beyonce Business MORE
O’Bannon was a star basketball player for UCLA in the mid-1990s, and now he’s at the forefront of a class action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA for its use of his likeness (and those of other athletes) in NCAA-licensed products, particularly video games. One of the most prominent mediums in which athletes’ likenesses are allegedly used is in NCAA-licensed video games produced by EA Sports. MORE
Jon Garon, NKU Chase College of Law, has published Beyond the First Amendment: Shaping the Contours of Commercial Speech in Video Games, Virtual Worlds and Social Media. Here is the abstract. In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011), the Supreme MORE
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DECEMBER 15, 2014
In this Asked and Answered video, I respond to Guy’s inquiry about whether permission is required for a fan film based on a video game. Asked and Answered: Do I need permission to base a fan film on a video game? This is intended as general information only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
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FEBRUARY 16, 2010
By Eriq Gardner We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal -- unless, of course, these men are pursuing happiness inside a massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing game. Computer and video games continue to yield some interesting law. Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Video Games
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FEBRUARY 16, 2010
By Eriq Gardner We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal -- unless, of course, these men are pursuing happiness inside a massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing game. Computer and video games continue to yield some interesting law. Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Video Games
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If you’ve wondered how composers and songwriters get noticed, and have their music licensed for use in movies, on television, in video games, and other media, you’re not alone. The post How to get your music into film, TV, Video Games, etc. Fortunately, the good folks over at ASCAP have published a useful post to help. They asked a group of folks from the Guild of Music Supervisors to give their advice.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2011
Eriq Gardner Singer says she isn't to blame for pulling out of the motion-sensing dance video game, "Starpower: Beyoncé." Music Music Beyonce Video Gamesread more. THR, Esq.
Digital Media Law
DECEMBER 5, 2008
If you’re a gay gamer (a gaymer ), you might have wished from time to time to find a game or two with some gay/lesbian content. Lucky for you, someone has prepared a list of such games. The games they don’t like, but you might, for glbt reasons, are: “Army of Two,” “Bully,” “Fable 2,” “Grand Theft Auto IV,” “Mass Effect,” “Saints Row 2,” various “Sims 2” games, and “Valkyria Chronicles.” Tags: gay video games
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2012
Video Games THR, Esq. Chris Escobedo identifies the tattoo on UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit as his own, and says it is protected by copyright. read more. Style Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 30, 2010
By Eriq Gardner Famed video game designer Richard Garriot has just taken one hell of a trip. Two years ago, the man behind blockbuster role-playing games Ultima and Tabula Rasa spent $30 million of his own money to be a. Tags: Decisions Roundup Labor Video Games
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 18, 2013
The Business Music Video Games THR, Esq. Gate Five alleged the singer walked away from a motion-sensing dance project. read more. Beyonce Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 28, 2012
Eriq Gardner The complicated business of a video game that features rap songs. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Electronic Arts gets the win because Robin Antonick failed to introduce source code at trial to show how later versions of game were similar to his original. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 23, 2018
Remy Green, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobsen, LLP, is publishing All Your Works Are Belong to Us: New Frontiers for the Derivative Work Right in Video Games in volume 19 of the North Carolina Journal of Law and
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2011
Eriq Gardner A few weeks after Guns N' Roses gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Axl Rose might be in court explaining why he didn't want an image of Slash performing a GNR hit in a video game. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Axl Rose Slash
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law, has published From Research Conclusions to Real Change: Understanding The First Amendment’s (Non)Response to the Negative Effects of Violent Video Games on Children, in volume 63 of Southern Methodist University Law
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
Eriq Gardner Highlights from yesterday's hearing on whether to regulate the sale of video games to minors. read more. Movies Movies Business
JetLawBlog
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
O’Bannon was a star basketball player for UCLA in the mid-1990s, and now he’s at the forefront of a class action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA for its use of his likeness (and those of other athletes) in NCAA-licensed products, particularly video games. One of the most prominent mediums in which athletes’ likenesses are allegedly used is in NCAA-licensed video games produced by EA Sports.
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
From the New York Times, an article on yesterday's important ruling, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Dorf on the upcoming violent video games case before the Supreme Court (Schwarzenegger v. Findlaw's Michael C. Entertainment Merchants Ass'n (EMA)). The Court will hear arguments tomorrow. Briefs here
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 27, 2011
On First Amendment grounds, the Supreme Court has struck down a California law which limits the sale of violent video games to minors. The majority found that the state had provided no compelling interest to "abridge the freedom of speech
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 10, 2010
FindLaw's Julie Hilden says that California video game law might well be upheld. Read more here
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 30, 2017
A judge rejects gamers' privacy complaint because they haven't alleged a concrete injury. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 17, 2009
Emile Loza, Technology Law Group, has published Video Software Dealers Ass'n v. Schwarzenegger: A Rising Ninth Circuit Case on the Constitutionality of States' Regulation of Minors' Access to Violent Video Games, at 25 Computer & Internet Lawyer 1 (May 2008
The Legal Satyricon
MAY 28, 2010
by Christopher Harbin It’s pretty easy to get duped into buying a crappy video game. A lot of video game marketing is pretty shady. Submitted for your consideration: the Madden “bullshot.&# Bullshots are promotional screen captures released by game companies that bear absolutely no resemblance to the final product. Gameplay footage released by game companies can be even more [.].
JetLawBlog
MARCH 23, 2010
In European news, Switzerland has taken a giant leap in the effort to regulate video games. Recently, the country’s parliament passed two resolutions concerning the sale of violent video games. Now that these resolutions have passed the parliament, they fall into the hands of the Swiss National Council to design and implement the actual legal framework that will ban the sale of violent video games to minors.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Eriq Gardner Famous former athletes including Bill Russell continue to pursue compensation from lucrative video game licensing deals. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 27, 2011
Eriq Gardner In 7-2 decision, Supreme Court justices say law protecting minors from violent video games isn't compelling enough to abridge free speech. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 14, 2011
Eriq Gardner What's taking the high court so long to decide whether states can ban violent video game sales to minors? read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 19, 2012
A Swedish gaming company says the studio shut down its digital entertainment division and walked away from a co-production deal on games. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Tech Business Paramount Pictures
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
edit@hollywoodreporter.com (Eriq Gardner) A New Jersey judge finds that a video game publisher's right to free expression outweighs the player's right of publicity. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 26, 2010
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case testing the validity of a California statute that bans the sale or rental of video games to minors. The justices agreed to hear the case only a week after overturning a.
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 26, 2010
Schwartzenegger, the violent video games case. The Supreme Court has granted cert in Entertainment Software Association v. The Ninth Circuit had struck down the statute at issue in this case, California Civil Code Sections 1746-1746.5. We hold that the Act
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2011
Eriq Gardner Entertainment law news including FCC activity, Nicollette Sheridan's lawsuit, and the best video game law firm. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business
JetLawBlog
JANUARY 19, 2010
The Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ), an association of computer and video game publishers, won an injunction against the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the U.S. The ordinance prohibited any advertisement that markets or identifies a video or computer game rated “Mature 17+&# (M) or “Adults Only 18+&# (AO). Warning: Above Image Causes Violence.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 2, 2012
Emir Crowne, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, has published Supreme Court of Canada Rules that a Musical Work Within a Video Game Downloaded from the Internet Does Not Attract Additional Royalties. Here is the abstract. In Entertainment Software Association
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 27, 2011
Eriq Gardner Gate Five claims singer made extortion demand just before last Christmas. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music
Media Law Prof Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2011
Jon Garon, NKU Chase College of Law, has published Beyond the First Amendment: Shaping the Contours of Commercial Speech in Video Games, Virtual Worlds and Social Media. Here is the abstract. In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011), the Supreme
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
An appeals court says there are triable issues as to whether Beyonce breached a licensing deal by walking away from a dance video game. read more. The Business Music THR, Esq. Beyonce Business
Media Law Prof Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2011
Jon Garon, NKU Chase College of Law, has published Beyond the First Amendment: Shaping the Contours of Commercial Speech in Video Games, Virtual Worlds and Social Media. Here is the abstract. In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011), the Supreme
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 31, 2013
Whether or not the First Amendment protects celebrity exploitation is a hot topic in the legal system. read more. The Business THR, Esq. Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Eriq Gardner Artist files copyright infringement lawsuit against gossip site for publishing her depiction of the underworld. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 17, 2016
The gamer-watching platform says it needs to protect a "fair playing field." read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
JetLawBlog
APRIL 30, 2010
Whether we like it or not, video games have become an undeniable force in our world. Gone (mostly) are the days where I find an afternoon wasted on NBA Jam or Mario Kart , but I also realize that the N64 I purchased in seventh grade with birthday money is unlikely to be the last console I ever buy — after all, I grew up on video games and turned out fine, so why should I refuse my future children the same luxury?
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2011
Eriq Gardner The government has begun its triennial rule-making on anti-piracy exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech Apple Piracy
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