1. Law-ification Full Indie Summit – Vancouver August 10, 2014 Jon Festinger Q.C. Centre for Digital Media Festinger Law & Strategy http://videogame.law.ubc.ca @gamebizlaw jon_festinger@thecdm.ca

2. “LAW-IFICATION Gamification… going the other way.

3. What this talk is not… A “how to” or A “how not to”… or..a guide to the perplexed…

4. If you want those things… http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/freepublications/en/co pyright/959/wipo_pub_959.pdf

5. Or http://store.lexisnexis.ca/store/ca/catalog/booktemplate/productdetail.jsp?prodId=prd-cad-01004

6. What this talk is about? Do you, as an indie developer, feel there are increasingly more “legal issues” and “legal choices” than used to be the case? What, legally speaking, should be keeping you awake at night? WHAT’S TRENDING?

7. My (pre-) list Copyright Trademark Patent Contracts (post IP) Confidentiality Privacy Surveillance

8. Quasi-empirical methodology …sort of…

9. http://videogame.law.ubc.ca

10. “News of the Week”

11. 1. Starting with…“Crowd-Funding” http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/07/22/kickstarter-suspends-areal-crowd-funding-campaign#.U-gYylYgjio

12. http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/07/17/yogscast-yogventures-backers-were-not-obligated-do-anything#.U- gZglYgjio

13. 2. Consumer Protection http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-08-06-sony-faces-killzone-shadowfall-lawsuit-over-graphics

14. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-08-07-big-fish-accused-of-unfair-of-deceptive-trade-practices

15. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-08-06-codemasters-offers-refunds-for-pc-port-of-mobile-colin-mcrae

16. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/07/british-regulator-ea-misled-by-calling-dungeon-keeper-free-to-play/

17. Where consumer protection is going… http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/06/kim-kardashian-hollywood-and-the-viral-oops/

18. What is helping it get there? BIG DATA

19. With some very poor judgment …care of Facebook http://pando.com/2014/06/28/facebooks-science-experiment-on-users-shows-the-company-is-more-even- powerful-and-unethical-than-we-thought/

20. http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full

21. And other stuff too… http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/06/29/legal-loophole-advergames/

22. All of which ends up here… http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/facebook-in-hot- water-for-social-study/article19434632/

23. And here… http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/more-than-20-000-join-privacy-action-against- facebook-1.1889192

24. Here too… http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-847_en.htm

25. …here… http://www.osborneclarke.com/connected-insights/publications/game-developers-watch-out-german-data- protection-authorities-publish-guidelines-mobile-apps/

26. And someday maybe here… http://motherboard.vice.com/read/we-need-a-legal-framework-for-biohacking-our-brains

27. 3. Net neutrality – really? http://nypost.com/2014/06/04/netflix-plays-the-blame-game-over-slow-streaming-speeds/

28. In Canada, too… http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/ghost-icravetv-crtc-asks-bell-answers-mobile-tv-service-net-neutrality-case/

29. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/fcc-chair-accuses-verizon-of-throttling-unlimited-data-to-boost-profits/

30. http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/08/08/president-obama-does-not-support-internet-fast-lanes#.U-gh15RdUxg

31. What does this have to do with indie game developers? http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/23/5744804/authors-getting-screwed-in-face-off-between-amazon-hachette

32. EVERYTHING… The “gatekeeper” anti-trust issue http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/04/amazon-hachette-self-published-authors-stephen-king- james-patterson

33. But sometimes, the gatekeepers win… http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/supreme-court-puts-aereo-out-of-business/

34. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-06-25-net-neutrality-the-biggest-problem-facing-games-lanning

35. 4. Correctness (is it really political?) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/dmca-mea-culpa-randy-queen-apologizes-for-response-to-criticism/

36. http://killscreendaily.com/articles/doom-metal-women-and-videogames/

37. http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/22/5926193/women-gaming-harassment

38. http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/07/22/gamasutras-game-developer-salary-survey-2014-highlight-gender-gap- video-games-industry#.U-glbpRdUxg

39. http://www.salon.com/2014/05/08/nintendos_anti_gay_cop_out_why_its_demented_same_sex_ban_is_no_game/

40. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/op-ed-its-time-for-nintendo-to-move-beyond-white-characters/

41. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-06-12-inclusivity-always-seems-to-end-up-on-the-cutting-board

42. & too many other articles… And, yes. Violence in games seems a less prevalent issue then was the case… Legal aspects to follow…

43. http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/

44. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/07/riot-starts-getting-tough-on-toxic-players-with-instant-bans/

45. 4. Game media: How important is this? (If it’s important there are ton of legal aspects) http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/29/5949903/more-than-20-million-people-watched-dota-2-international-4

46. Seems important? http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-07-01-twitch-tv-1-million-channels-and-rising

47. 5. “I’m important, really I am..” Personality rights http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/16/manuel-noriega-sues-activision-over-character-in- call-of-duty-video-game

48. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/lindsay-lohan-sues-over-gta-v-saying-a-character-is-too-similar-to- her/

49. http://www.ibtimes.com/lindsay-lohans-gta-5-lawsuit-kindest-thing-you-could-say-its-publicity-stunt-1621156

50. Karen Gravano & GTA V

51. Lady Miss Kier & Space Channel 5

52. Beaver & Bieber

53. Dillinger & Electronic Arts John Dillinger & “Dillinger Tommy Gun”

54. Not quite “look at me…” No Doubt & Activision Publishing, Inc. (No Doubt v. Band Hero)

55. And the clearly legitimate… http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/07/03/ncaa-video-game-settlement-payments-detailed#.U-gqPpRdUxg

56. 6. Miscellaneous http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222617/Artist_claims_she_invented_Angry_Birds_files_complaint_seeking_compensation.php

57. & just when you thought the world could not get more ridiculous… http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/thailands-military-junta-bans-dictator-simulator-tropico-5/

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