Tag: Copyright

EA abandons Skate trademark, killing potential Skate 4

Posted on: November 8, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

According to data spotted by various outlets, Electronic Arts has neglected to file the necessary paperwork to renew ownership of the Skate IP. Rumors have been circulating for a fair few years now that Electronic Arts was holding on to the franchise with hopes to revive it. And even though fans of the hardcore variety

Star Control: Origins Returns to Steam Following DMCA Takedown

Posted on: January 18, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

The ongoing legal disputes between Stardock Corporation and Star Control II creators Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford over the recently released Star Control: Origins appear to have reached some kind of resolution. A few weeks ago the whole thing reached a whole new level of weird as the game was completely removed from sale on

Soulja Boy selling even more fake consoles

Posted on: January 13, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

DeAndre Cortez Way, known by his rapper persona Soulja Boy, has landed in some hot water recently over his attempts to operate a “dropshipping” business to peddle various cheap electronics. The practice of dropshipping is the idea of selling products to customers, but instead of maintaining active inventory, the point is to offload all the

Japan outlaws reselling stolen game keys, and hacking save files

Posted on: January 4, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

The Japanese government has fired a major salvo across the bow of cheaters and grey market game resellers with new legislation, promising prison sentences and hefty fines for those that run afoul of the new rules. The following comes from Gamesindustry.biz as the official information is only in Japanese: Distributing tools and programs for altering

Soulja Boy pulls fake consoles from sale after legal threats

Posted on: December 30, 2018 /

Categories: General Gaming News

DeAndre Cortez Way, known by his rapper persona Soulja Boy, found himself the target of both legal issues and the ire of gamers after it became known that he was selling knockoff electronics on his websites. The practice of drop shipping is pretty common, as it involves sourcing cheap items from different manufacturers, then reselling

Abandoned online games could be coming back

Posted on: February 18, 2018 /

Categories: General Gaming News

An exciting development for fans of old and abandoned online games may result in some of your favorite games coming back to life. The U.S. Copyright Office is considering whether to loosen restrictions on public use of abandoned online games, and the ESA, America’s trade association for the videogames industry, has argued against granting an

Nintendo takes down Super Mario 64 multiplayer mod

Posted on: September 20, 2017 /

Categories: General Gaming News

Nintendo has long has issues with content creators and gamers over its aggressive and often hostile approach to copyright infringement. While it’s not just Nintendo that like to assert dominance over modders and gamers, their latest salvo against a mod creator has a lot of people on edge. The creator of the Super Mario 64

PewDiePie has Firewatch video taken down, and he almost uses racial slur again

Posted on: September 15, 2017 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

Earlier this week, the worlds most popular YouTuber PewDiePie landed in hot water over a racist slur he shouted while livestreaming PUBG.And as many bystanders--myself included--predicted, it was only a matter of time before he screwed up again.