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Forbes Explains Why the ESA Shouldn't Support SOPA
Forbes has an excellent editorial up about the ESA's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act that does a great job of explaining - in simple English - how it could affect every day web sites who might...
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EA Claims Fair Use in Textron Aircraft Dispute
After licensing talks broke down between Textron - the parent company of Bell Helicopter – and Electronics Arts, the company has decided to take the legal route to get around paying any licensing fees....
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Federal Court Declares Newspaper Excerpts 'Fair Use'
Earlier this month the federal district court in Nevada issued a declaratory judgment that made it a lot harder for copyright holders to file lawsuits over excerpts of material being used on web sites...
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Supreme Court of Canada Rules Against Music Industry Tariffs
The highest court in Canada has delivered some depressing news for music and other rights holders today: they can't charge additional fees to educators, video game makers, and Internet service...
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EA Motion to Dismiss Counter-Claims in Battlefield Helicopter Lawsuit Denied
A federal judge has denied a motion by Electronic Arts to dismiss counter-claims in a trademark lawsuit filed by Textron Innovations and Bell Helicopter Textron related to helicopters depicted in its...
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Leaked Text from TPP Negotiations Indicate an Attempt to Limit Fair Use
On Friday a few short paragraphs of text were leaked from the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty negotiations. The TPP is being negotiated by nine Pacific Rim countries (in secret) with the goal of...
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Rights Groups Warn that TPP May Bring Back Provisions from SOPA and PIPA
Rights groups are turning up the rhetoric on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), claiming that the new treaty being negotiated by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and other countries in the...
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The Reddit Declaration of Internet Freedom Bus Tour Begins in Early October
The Declaration of Internet Freedom may not be getting as much national attention as it should from the mainstream media (despite several members of Congress and the Senate strongly and publicly...
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Microsoft Changes Game Content Usage Rules for Fan-Made Videos
Microsoft has added a single line to its "Game Content Usage Rules" (found over in the community section of Xbox.com) that restricts gamers from earning money from videos that contain footage of...
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Microsoft Dumps (Most) Bad Xbox One Policies
Realizing that it has lost the war on Xbox One's online requirements and its used games policies, Microsoft announced today that it is abandoning them altogether. Microsoft has changed its stance on...
View ArticleYouTube Personality TotalBiscuit Claims ' Day One: Garry's Incident' Dev Made...
Update 2: A full explanation/apology from Wild Games can be read at Kotaku.Update 1:Kotaku reports that Wild Games has decided to withdraw its YouTube copyright complaint. A statement from Wild...
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Fan Artist Upset Over Feminist Frequency's Use of Her Art
To your left is the image used to sell Feminist Frequency's Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series of videos. As should be clear from the name, the series examines the recurring stereotypes of female...
View ArticleSuper Podcast Action Committee - Episode 91
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! On this week's show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about GOG.com's decision to abandon its regional pricing scheme, accusations that fan art was used to...
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Feminist Frequency Removes Fan Art From Tropes vs Women Banner
Last week we reported that artist Tamara Gray was upset that Feminist Frequency had used her fan art in its Tropes vs. Women in Video Games banner without her permission or any accreditation.read more
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UK Copyright Law Will Allow CD and DVD Ripping This Summer
It will soon be legal to rips CDs, DVDs, and other media in the United Kingdom, according to this TorrentFreak report. The UK government has released a guide informing its citizenry that an upcoming...
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EZK's Take on Fair Use and Let's Play Videos
A reprint of an article that first appeared on our friend E. Zachary Knight's Divine Knight Gaming over at Gamasutra lays out a pretty good argument as to why Nintendo is wrong with what it is trying...
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Actor Sues 'The Simpsons' Maker For Infringing on His 'Goodfellas' Character
Actor Frank Sivero, who played Frankie Carbone in the popular movie Goodfellas, has filed a lawsuit against the creators of The Simpsons, seeking $250 million for "ripping off" the character he played...
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EFF battles the ESA over DMCA exemptions for abandoned games
It looks like the Entertainment Software Association has decided to go toe-to-toe with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) over exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s...
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