Chris Bennett of Davis LLP Speaking this Week…..

Hi Class, Out guest speaker this week is Chris Bennett, a partner at Davis LLP. Chris is the head of the IT Law Group and Trade-marks Law Group and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Technology & Outsourcing, Video Games & Interactive Entertainment, and Franchise & Distribution Law Groups. Chris was recognized by […]

Playstation 4 just unveiled!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21526450 Some really cool cloud features, including gamers remotely being able to take over their friends’ controllers if they get stuck. I’m very curious about the new Xbox and hope that this new piece of news today will provide the impetus for Microsoft to leak some details soon!

“The Agreeable Cat” – Cat freely agrees to EULA

Interesting (and really cute!) take on the effectiveness and enforceability of EULAs: http://www.ohesso.com/essays/essay006.htm  

Could it Pay to Read that EULA? – Incentivising to Increase Consumer Readership by Michela Fiorido

Could it Pay to Read that EULA? – Incentivising to Increase Consumer Readership by Michela Fiorido

After reading Roch’s posts and thinking more about EULAs, I got to brainstorming some ideas that might increase consumer readership. Some might ask why it matters that consumers read EULAs in the first place and some might ask why companies should care to get consumers to read their agreements. Consumers should read EULAs so that […]

Buying, Selling and Stealing Virtual Property – Does the current law protect or disrespect? by Michela Fiorido

Buying, Selling and Stealing Virtual Property – Does the current law protect or disrespect? by Michela Fiorido

After such an interesting guest speaker last week who talked a bit about in-game purchases, I got to thinking a lot about virtual property – the acquisition of it, the sale of it, the theft of it – and how the rise of virtual property might change the face of the law. Consider the following […]

Asking the Wrong Questions and Looking in the Wrong Places – By Michela Fiorido

Asking the Wrong Questions and Looking in the Wrong Places – By Michela Fiorido

Obama calls for game violence research: http://www.gamespot.com/news/obama-calls-for-game-violence-research-6402483 It is truly baffling to me that people immediately jump to blame violent video games when a shooting happens and that now $10 million dollars will be spent on game violence research. What ever happened to plain old criminology? There are a myriad of other ways to explain […]