Archive for the 'Politics/Government' Category
LD#15: Mineral Miner – Final Entry
Posted by GBGames on August 30th, 2009I did it! I submitted my entry just in time for the end of the competition, too! And it is the first time since LD#11 that I’ve submitted a game with audio, no matter how jarring!
You can download the GNU/Linux version here: Mineral Miner for GNU/Linux: 1.2MB
I’ll try to have a Windows port up [...]
Do Patents Stifle Innovation?
Posted by GBGames on August 12th, 2009The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution states that Congress shall have the authority to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts”, and it specifies how Congress shall do so: “by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” See my article on what [...]
Another Abuse of the DMCA
Posted by GBGames on May 21st, 2009Jay Barnson of Rampant Games reported on yet another abuse of the DMCA. This time, the abusers are car manufacturers.
Modern cars are equipped with computers, which means repairs and auto work now require more than just hitting your engine with a hammer. It seems that in order for non-dealership service shops to fix your [...]
Simplifying Copyright for the Modern World
Posted by GBGames on May 15th, 2009Thanks to Scott Macmillan of Macguffin Games, I learned about an article by Cory Doctorow called Digital Licensing: Do It Yourself.
Doctorow suggests a fascinating idea: self-service licensing. Let’s say you create a game, and someone wants to create plush toys of the characters and sell them online. Technically, it’s illegal unless they get your [...]
2008 Global Software Piracy Study
Posted by GBGames on May 13th, 2009The Business Software Alliance, which is made up of mainly larger software companies and claims to be the “voice of the world’s software industry and its hardware partners on a wide range of business and policy affairs”, sponsored research by IDC. Their findings were released in the 2008 Global Software Piracy Study.
I take issue [...]
Spore’s Reception
Posted by GBGames on September 9th, 2008The Brainy Gamer writes about Spore and the rush to judgement against it. It seems that after all of the hype, the critics think the game is quite lame. Basically, it’s too simplistic for people who are used to playing games that need all 15 buttons on a controller (even though those same “hardcore” people [...]
Google Chrome EULA is Sane!
Posted by GBGames on September 4th, 2008Yesterday I wrote about Chrome’s evil EULA terms, and posted a link to Tap The Hive about the news.
Well, it looks like Google fixed the EULA language.
Here’s an official response from Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome:
“In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of [...]
Google Chrome EULA Is Evil?
Posted by GBGames on September 3rd, 2008So with all of the excitement about Google’s new web browser, someone decided to actually read the EULA and determined that it sucks:
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give [...]
Corporations and Copyright
Posted by GBGames on July 8th, 2008A few weeks back, Cliffski wrote about how some people complain about corporations and copyright as if they are all part of one big organization out to screw you over. He reminds you that not all corporations are huge, multi-billion dollar enterprises such as EA, British Airways, or Microsoft. Some corporations are as small [...]
