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Studio founders Zampella and West taking Activision to court over alleged 'false promises'
Read More »Def Jam Rapstar dev sued for $8m
Record label EMI is suing the developers of music game Def Jam Rapstar in an $8m lawsuit for allegedly not obtaining song rights. EMI is seeking damages from the ‘theft of songs’ from artists like Kanye West, DMX and Lil Wayne, which were used in the game without permission, claims …
Read More »California foots hefty bill for Arnie’s anti-games lawsuit
California was forced to pick up the legal fees for a Supreme court case regarding legislation to fine retailers for selling minors games deemed violent. The cost to taxpayers totalled about $1.8m dollars for a law which never took effect, The Sacramento Beereported. The Supreme court ruled against the law, …
Read More »Viacom ordered to pay $380 million to Harmonix
Media giant contesting latest decision in on-going dispute
Read More »Witcher 2 dev threatens pirates with legal action
CD Projekt only taking action against users it is '100 per cent' certain have illegally downloaded the title
Read More »Bethesda denied Fallout Online injunction appeal
Studio fails to establish likelihood of 'irreparable harm' if game is released
Read More »Richard Garriott awarded $32m in NCsoft lawsuit
Judge upholds previous trial court decision
Read More »Mojang wins Bethesda injunction in Scrolls case
Mojang Specifications has won an interim injunction in its court battle with Bethesda over its upcoming title Scrolls. We won the interim injunction! We can keep using the name ‘Scrolls’,” said Markus ‘notch’ Persson on twitter.ZeniMax/Bethesda can still appeal the ruling, but I’m very happy.” The court’s overall assessment does …
Read More »Mojang wins interim injunction in Scrolls case [Update]
But Bethesda can still appeal court decision
Read More »O-Games files lawsuit against Ubisoft
OG International has filed a legal complaint against Ubisoft arguing its dancing game does not infringe copyright on Ubi’s Just Dance. The publisher’s Get Up and Dance game (pictured) is out on November 4th for Wii and PS3 Move. It’s due to be released under OG’s O-Games label. Get Up …
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