This week was a short week because of Thanksgiving but I did manage to get out 4 posts and a mention in the favorites post by Mike Masnick. So here they are:
Potential Patent Infringement Threatens To Doom Highly Anticipated Open Source Project
John Carmack had plans to release the source code of Doom 3 to the open source community, but it was delayed because of an old patent infringement threat. Everything worked out in the end because he was able to work around the code. The same can not be said for Linux and Android who are being threatened by Microsoft over patents it refuses to disclose.
How Do You Promote A Bad DRM Scheme? With A Bad Movie Of Course
Warner’s Ultraviolet DRM is a piece of crap and in an attempt to promote its use, Warner decided to give away free digital copies of Batman Forever with the video game Batman: Arkham City. No joke.
New Research Shows Movie And Game Piracy On The Rise, But Won’t Tell Us How It Knows
Research firm Evisional has released some piracy statistics for the UK and found that game, movie, tv and software piracy is on the rise. Music piracy is on the decline. Sadly, there is no information on how they determined this so we can’t verify the numbers.
Game Developers Sue Baidu Over Links To Infringing Content
A bunch of Chinese game developers are suing the Chinese search giant Baidu for copyright infringement. What is Baidu’s crime? Linking to games that can be downloaded. There are no files hosted with Baidu. The links just show up in search results. The game developers need to learn from the music industry which entered a licensing deal with Baidu.
So that’s it for this week. Keep an eye out for more.
