Dr. Richard Smith, Director of the Centre for Digital Media & I are doing an SFU Philosophers’ Cafe this Wednesday night (January 30, 2012) at the Roundhouse at 7:30 PM. The title is “Creating and thriving in a post-intellectual property world.” Am sure you see quite enough of me – but just in case you want to pass on to others…

http://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/events/2013/01/creating-and-thriving-in-a-post-intellectual-property-world.html#.UQeEsqXUQco

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1. Missouri lawmaker latest to propose “violent” games tax: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/missouri-lawmaker-latest-to-propose-violent-games-tax/

2. 25 Video Game Violence Studies, Summarized: http://kotaku.com/5976781/25-video-game-violence-studies-summarized

3. I’m Mentally Ill, I Love Violent Video Games, And They’ve Never Made Me Feel Like Killing Anyone: http://kotaku.com/5976286/im-mentally-ill-i-love-violent-video-games-and-theyve-never-made-me-feel-like-killing-anyone

4. Video Games Hold No Answers: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-mones/video-games-violence_b_2480823.html

5. How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz—And Us by Tim Wu: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/everyone-interesting-is-a-felon.html

6. Aaron Swartz and the Corrupt Practice of Plea Bargaining: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swartz-and-the-corrupt-practice-of-plea-bargaining/

7. My Career as a Bulk Downloader by James Grimmelmann: http://laboratorium.net/archive/2013/01/16/my_career_as_a_bulk_downloader

8. Game industry worth $83bn by 2016, research claims: http://www.develop-online.net/news/42997/Game-industry-worth-83bn-by-2016-research-claims

9. iOS games chafe under Apple’s directions: ‘If you want to criticize a religion, write a book’: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3879194/apple-app-store-guidelines-tell-game-developers-to-avoid-serious-themes

10. Scrabble 3D Tile Held to be Invalid by High Court – JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v Zynga: http://www.dyoung.com/article-scrabble3d1112

11. The Pitch: Enhancing Psychotherapy with Video Games: http://gamepolitics.com/2013/01/17/pitch-enhancing-psychotherapy-video-games#.UQY7gaXUQco

12. A week of copyright in the news: a roadmap for the year ahead?: http://ipkitten.blogspot.ca/2013/01/a-week-of-copyright-in-news-roadmap-for.html

And in the not really relevant category:

13. Nestle’s Big Break: Win Over Cadbury for KitKat Candy Shape: http://www.ipbrief.net/2013/01/24/nestles-big-break-win-over-cadbury-for-kitkat-candy-shape/

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1. Processing the loss of Aaron Swartz – Danah Boyd: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2013/01/13/aaron-swartz.html

2. Researchers Find that Web Site Blocking Has No Long-Term Affect in Combating Online Piracy: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/01/08/researchers-find-web-site-blocking-has-no-long-term-affect-combating-online-piracy#.UPpDV6XUQco

3. The Way Forward on Copyright Reform – Derek Khanna: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/01/07/derek-khanna/the-way-forward-on-copyright-reform/

4. What to Watch for in Canadian Intellectual Property Law in 2013: http://excesscopyright.blogspot.ca/2013/01/what-to-watch-for-in-canadian-ip-law-in.html

5. Copyright and Industrial Design Developments – 2012 (paper) – Glen Bloom, Barry Sookman: http://www.mccarthy.ca/pubs/canadian%20copyright.pdf

6. Rethinking Mass Murder: http://www.nohighscores.com/2013/01/09/rethinking-mass-murder/

7. How the Video-Game Industry Already Lost Out in the Gun-Control Debate: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/01/how-the-video-game-industry-already-lost-out-in-the-gun-control-debate/267052/

8. The NRA’s new shooting app isn’t the hypocritical PR disaster it seems: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/the-nras-new-shooting-app-isnt-the-hypocritical-pr-disaster-it-seems/

9. Is Your Surgeon A Gamer?: http://www.drmwhitemcmahon.com/growing-up-in-the-cloud/is-your-surgeon-a-gamer/

And in the not really relevant category:

10. A Corporation Is Not a Person for Car Pool Lane Purposes, Calif. Judge Rules http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_corporation_is_not_a_person_for_car_pool_lane_purposes_calif._judge_rules

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