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A popular YouTube user has taken Nintendo to task over claims it has made on his content. Game Front reports that Nintendo has issued content ID match claims” on all of Zack Scott’s Let’s Play videos that feature Nintendo content. This means that each will now be bookended by ads …
Read More »The Pirate Bay suing rival for copyright infringement
Yes, you read the headline correctly – The Pirate Bay has threatened to sue a rival website over an alleged case of copyright infringement. TorrentFreak reports that Finnish anti-piracy group the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) launched a website designed to mimic TPB’s user interface to build a service …
Read More »Tiga surveying developers on game cloning
Questionnaire looks into issues such as copyright, IP ownership and licensing
Read More »Court denies motion to dismiss Spry Fox vs 6Waves
Judge rules Spry Fox has plausibly identified enough copying to state a claim for relief
Read More »Valve cuts IP protected axe from DOTA2
'Player created' item lifted from MMO Aion
Read More »Google cracks down on fake apps
Apps must not have names or icons that appear 'confusingly similar' to existing products
Read More »ZeniMax issues legal warning to Dragon Shout dev
The developer of Dragon Shout, a free utility for players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has been told by ZeniMax that he is infringing copyright. The Bethesda owner has not yet demanded that the app be removed, but has issued a warning notice highlighting its concerns, TouchArcade reports. "I …
Read More »Dena must pay Gree $3m after copyright ruling
Tokyo judge orders game removed from online store; Dena indicates it will appeal
Read More »Mod platform dev ‘unconcerned’ by copyright issues
Nadeo wants to keep ManiaPlanet 'as neutral as possible'
Read More »The Pirate Bay faces UK internet block
High court rules breach of copyright, stating the site's owners 'sanction, approve and countenance infringment'
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