A recently posted article on the State Bar of Texas blog about Machinima Law features me fairly prominently. While there is a bit of a misquote with regard to the origin of machinima (it should say Quake, not Halo, though … Continue reading
In discussions I’ve had with various others in all aspects of the intellectual property realm, I’ve continually run across points where the law has lagged behind the practicality of intellectual property management. This has been an ongoing problem in the … Continue reading
This week on Law of the Game on Joystiq: Machinima.Read on! Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and informational purposes only. Reading this blog, replying … Continue reading
Microsoft has finally posted the long promised “Revised” Game Content Usage Rules. They are available here. Now that they are available, what has changed? The short answer is “Not much.” 1. The “reverse engineering” rule was re-written to clarify “not … Continue reading
Following in the footsteps of Microsoft, Blizzard unveiled their own “Machinima Rules” late last week. The approach taken by these rules, however, is the complete opposite of Microsoft’s approach in my opinion. First and foremost, their primary concern (like Microsoft’s) … Continue reading
Just a few, new key updates: 1. There will soon be a standard contact form for commercial licenses.2. There has been some mild clarification on reverse engineering, but still nothing definite. In short, if you can extract assets without doing … Continue reading
It would seem that more and more people in the blog-o-sphere are joining the Microsoft Content Usage Rules coverage, most recently the EFF and the blog for the book Machinima for Dummies. Both of these parties were privvy to a … Continue reading
A Microsoft attorney who goes by DonkeyXote has posted a discussion of the Microsoft Content Usage Rules in his blog. Before reading my continued commentary on the issue, you should probably read his five clarification points. The clarification process, I … Continue reading
Last evening, I was invited onto a podcast to discuss Law of the Game and the new Microsoft Machinima Rule. The podcast is ClassyDude’s Emporium of Chat, found here. The podcast’s description is here, and a direct download of the … Continue reading
As I’ve been monitoring the reaction to the new machinima rules Microsoft put out last week, I’m seeing far more negative doom and gloom reactions than I had anticipated. As such, I thought it might be an opportune time to … Continue reading
