News Oct 29th, 2024

US Copyright Office denies DMCA exception for game preservation

Big publishers appear to have lobbied against the proposed changes

• copyright
• research
• preservation

News Sep 28th, 2021

Roblox reaches agreement with US music trade body NMPA

Follows the latter accusing the games platform of copyright violation

• roblox
• copyright
• music
• agreement

News Sep 22nd, 2021

Twitch signs deal with US music trade body

New agreement provides more flexibility than the existing DMCA system

• twitch
• copyright
• music

News Sep 6th, 2021

Take-Two suing team that reverse-engineered GTA 3 and Vice City source code

Publishing giant alleges that group "sought unlawfully to copy, adapt, and distribute" this

• Lawsuit
• copyright
• grand theft auto
• source code
• gta
• grand theft auto 3
• grand theft auto vice city

News Jun 10th, 2021

UPDATE: Roblox refutes allegations of music copyright violation

Trade body says that the platform has used songs without permission

• Lawsuit
• roblox
• copyright
• music

News Dec 22nd, 2020

Game influencers could be hit hard by weird additions to US coronavirus relief bill

Amendments to the legislation could give companies an edge in handling how their IP is used

• ip
• influencers
• legal drama
• copyright
• streamers
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• youtubers

News Oct 8th, 2019

Epic settles Fortnite cheating suit, faces another from Canadian law firm over addiction concerns

Montreal-based Calex Légal says game was designed to be "as addictive as possible"

• fortnite
• cheating
• legal drama
• copyright
• video game addiction

News Feb 18th, 2019

Carlton’s copyright conflict against Fortnite hits a slight legal snag

Alfonso Ribeiro refused copyright registration for his Fresh Prince dance by the US Copyright Office

• Legal
• copyright
• fortnite: battle royale
• dance

News Sep 13th, 2018

Controversial copyright bill passes through EU Parliament

Media and artists benefit financially, but could have sweeping negative impact on the way social networks are used

• ip
• copyright

News Jun 22nd, 2018

EU copyright law changes could have dramatic impact on fan-created content

Companies and creators now in the firing line if copyright is breached

• mods
• copyright
• eu

News Jan 4th, 2018

Epic is clamping down on copyright and trademark violating assets including guns

"While we have always rejected content that is found to infringe on copyright or trademark, over the past few months the Marketplace has been armed with more resources for content review"

• Licensing
• trademarks
• copyright
• guns