Entries in 'law' (22)
UPDATE: Gaikai sued over alleged patent infringement
T5 Labs is attempting to sue cloud gaming firm Gaikai in the Delware courts.
PEGI games ratings come into force today
After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today.
PSN faces South Korean suspension
Sony has confirmed that it is to suspend its PlayStation Network service in South Korea.
UKIE plans to make UK crowd funding legal
Industry trade body UKIE will publish a report next week outlining how to make crowd funding legal for UK games firms.
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Protestors rally in Poland over bill similar to SOPA
Crowds have gathered outside the European Parliament in Warsaw over a new SOPA-style bill which could threaten online freedom.
OG wins court battle
A Californian court has blocked Ubisoft’s request for a temporary restraining order on Get Up and Dance.
EU says copyright laws encourage piracy
The European Union's digital agenda commissioner has said that money spent on pursuing those found guilty of breaching copyright has not helped to decrease piracy.
Now Viacom sues former Harmonix shareholders
Viacom is taking ex-shareholders of Rock Band developer Harmonix to court, following a lawsuit filed against the firm itself last year.
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Legalities of XBLA's rival platform policy detailed
There’s nothing wrong with Microsoft’s decision not to publish downloadable games on Xbox Live if they arrive on rival systems first, a lawyer has claimed.
Largest BitTorrent prosecution begins
The US Copyright Group has been granted permission to subpoena ISPs for the details of users who have illegally downloaded movies via BitTorrent.
Activision squares up to Arnie
A growing number of corporate giants from America’s leading entertainment industries have joined forces to fight a proposed law that would for the first time illegalise the sale of violent ...
Support stalls for Schwarzenegger games bill
It appears that the movement to oppose Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mature games bill in the US is proving successful with confirmation that no new states have signed up to the proposal ...
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R4 ban extends to all DS copy devices
It has been confirmed that the recent High Court ruling that illegalised the R4 DS card in the UK has also illegalised a number of other devices designed to perform ...
R4 made illegal in UK
A new ruling from the London high Court has officially illegalised the importing, advertising or sale of R4 cards in the UK.
US: State support grows for Schwarzenegger law
New legislation proposed by Californian Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger that would see the sale of violent games to US minors outlaw has received the official backing of 11 US states.
US: Concern builds over new game laws
Major publisher figureheads such as EA’s John Riccitiello, Sony’s Jack Tretton, Take Two’s Strauss Zelnick and Dinsey Interactive’ Graham Hopper have expressed their concern that the potential introduction of new ...
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Supreme Court to rule in games violence case
The US Supreme Court will deliver the final verdict in the increasingly feverous storm that is enveloping the US games sector that sees Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to illegalise the ...
Digital Economy Bill is passed
The controversial Digital Economy Bill has been passed at Westminster, despite the persistent efforts of staunch opponents from the Liberal Democrats and even from within the Labour party but not, ...
Switzerland passes violent games ban
Just a month after the proposals were first outlined in full, the Swiss National Council has now officially passed a law that will ultimately lead to the complete ban ...
Violent games outlawed in Venezuela
Having begun its journey through the Venezuelan court system last August, violent video games have now officially been banned in the formally Spanish-owned South American republic.
JAPAN: Nintendo ups R4 battle
In the biggest offensive ever mounted against the piracy-enabling R4 Flash card device, Nintendo and Capcom have joined forces with 53 other unspecified games publishers to file a lawsuit against ...
PEGI legal ruling is ‘still on track’
ELSPA has reassured the trade that the PEGI ratings system’s ascent to become law is still on track – despite the discovery that current age classification is legally unenforceable.
