Gambling has accompanied sports-watching for hundreds of years. In Canada alone, it was reportedly estimated that $500 million are spent annually on provincially-regulated sports gambling. Similar gambling activities are now prevalent…
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The Price for Pokemon - How Much Are Childhood Icons Worth Protecting?
The Value of the Pokémon Franchise If you were born in the late 1980s or early 90s or have young children, you have probably encountered a red-cheeked mouse called Pikachu…
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Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications
As reported on Kotaku.com – “British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can’t count to three”. British Telecommunications…
Pokémon Go: Augmenting Legal Reality
Even in 2016, it is tempting to treat the Internet as separate from the bricks-and-mortar world. As much as we might like to keep them apart, Augmented Reality apps like…
The User-Generated Content Exception: Moving Away from a Non-Commercial Requirement
Introduction In December 2006, Time magazine celebrated “You” as the person of the year.[1] In the article, Lev Grossman stated that our history is no longer shaped by a few…
Australian consumer protection body calls Steam's return policy a bunch of hot air
If you’re a gamer, you’re probably familiar with the Steam game distribution platform, estimated to account for 75 percent of all online game purchases. Online game purchases have surged in…