Month: February 2018

An overview of licenses: shrink-wrap vs. click-wrap vs. browse-wrap licenses

As a consumer, it’s important to read a license before signing it whenever possible. As a business offering a license, it’s even more important to understand what is being offered. A license is there to help business set terms of the relationship with the users of a product. Here’s a quick overview of a few …

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Does my game need a privacy policy?

There are many legal requirements that companies, especially game and digital media companies, must adhere to in this day and age. One question that comes up often is whether game companies must have a privacy policy on their website. What is a privacy policy? A privacy policy is a document that explains what personal information …

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Brandon J. Huffman at Casual Connect on the Legal Support Game Companies Need

In a presentation at Casual Connect USA in January, Brandon J. Huffman described the journey video games have taken through expression, legally protected speech and where video games are headed. Check out the full video for the presentation here. Here’s an excerpt from the write-up: Brandon has two pieces of advice to offer game companies, …

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Who owns my game mod?

Modding, the act of creating extensions within games and other platforms, is popular in the video game scene. What is a game mod? A game modification, or game mod, alters how a video game may look or behave. Mods are intended to extend and expand gameplay and modders are the individuals or communities that provide these …

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