Fair Play and Griefing in Second Life

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | No Comments »

Terra Nova has an interesting piece on the issue of fair play in virtual worlds. I think the question is whether "griefing" could be considered infringement to fair play, which implies that fair play exists as a principle, and ...

Michael Geist lauds CRIA; jeers RIAA’s “hassle” policy

Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property | 1 Comment »

The difference between commercial piracy and private copying was clear in the Copyright Act's s.80, it was made clearer by BMG v. John Doe, and now we can see the difference in action. Professor Michael Geist compares the RIAA's ...

Ford gets confused and shoots itself in the foot

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property | 5 Comments »

So Ford Motor Company is a little bit confused. They are claiming some form of intellectual property in photographs of specific Ford Mustangs. Not in the abstract image of the iconic car, but in the photographs taken by ...

EULAs aren’t all bad

Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Virtual Worlds | No Comments »

End-User License Agreements aren't all bad. They are necessary for interration - that incorporation-like thing for virtual worlds that Castronova talks about - in order to set out and delimit the game space. It is when they violate ...

Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of Copyfight!

Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 2 Comments »

Not discussing the latest Canadian copyright reform bill, or the Canadian DMCA as it has been touted, to kick off weblawg.net would be like Han Solo ignoring his friend in need barreling down the trench of a moon-sized space station. Discussing ...