This week’s Law of the Game on Joystiq is all about video game laws. Read more here. Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and informational … Continue reading
An interesting piece was recently posted on Virtually Blind by Israeli attorney Jonathan J. Klinger. The crux of his argument was: For example, earlier this year, Michael Carlton, CEO of online sportsbook Victor Chandler, was arrested in Israel. An Israeli … Continue reading
The Video Game Industry can now add Oklahoma to their list of victories against game laws, as an opinion was released today in Entertainment Merchants Association v. Henry, Case No. 5:06-cv-00675 (W.D. Okla.). The opinion grants the plaintiff’s request to … Continue reading
Prior posts on this site about Tournament.com and Kwari have both raised some eyebrows about my particular interpretation of the UIGEA as it relates to games of skill and games of chance. As such, I thought this would be an … Continue reading
Your “buy in” is the purchase of ammo. Your health bar is your wager. You lose money for damage taken, and gain money for damage inflicted. This is the basic concept behind the first true “gambling” First Person Shooter, Kwari, … 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
An editorial on China View has some rather harsh words for the online gaming industry in China, specifically for those in the “black market” of virtual goods. The sibling to the gold farming issue in China is the theft and … 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
Back in late April I finished an article titled A Tale of Two Worlds: New U.S. Gambling Laws and the MMORPG. That article has been published in the now available August edition of the Gaming Law Review. I must admit … Continue reading
It was likely inevitable that Epic would launch a stout countersuit of Silicon Knights with regard to the Unreal 3 Engine issue. GameDaily.biz is reporting that such a suit has been filed, and makes a number of references to the … Continue reading
