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Nintendo Claims Advertising for “Let’s Play” Videos on YouTube

July 18, 2013

YouTube users started reporting this week that Nintendo has started claiming revenue for advertisement on user-created YouTube videos which feature content from Nintendo games. Nintendo confirmed this news stating they…

Apple Found Guilty of E-Book Price Fixing

July 10, 2013

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Computer Law, Copyright

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On July 10, 2013 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Apple was guilty of anti-trust violations for its role in conspiring with book…

Is Content Aggregation Copyright Infringement?

April 20, 2013

Stone Law, P.C.

A federal district judge in New York ruled for the Associated Press in the case of AP v. Meltwater. The ruling, if upheld on appeal, can have large ramifications throughout…

Electronic Arts v. Zynga: Is it a clone?

August 3, 2012

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Computer Law, Copyright

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Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has challenged video game creator Zynga in California Federal Court. It appears that Electronic Arts suspects Zynga has been borrowing a few too many…

Cloning Video Games is Copyright Infringement: You Can’t Just Copy Tetris

July 10, 2012

Stone Law, P.C.

Computer Law, Copyright

On May 30, 2012, a Federal District Court in New Jersey granted summary judgment to Tetris in an infringement case against Xio Interactive, Inc. for their iPhone game “Mino.” In…

Tacit Consent to E-mail Snooping

July 9, 2012

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Computer Law

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Thanks to a New Jersey court ruling, if you’re one of the many people who check their personal email at work, you might be concerned. Forgetting to log off a…