DIGITAL

1. Freedom Of (All) The Press?: Impact of “Shelter in Place” Orders on Media Companies
2. Coronavirus could delay tech antitrust action: “I would expect all of the timetables that authorities have developed are going to be stretched out,” former FTC Chairman William Kovacic said.
3. COVID-19: Product liability for “fake news”?
4. ‘The US of Amazon’: how the coronavirus has created a governance vacuum the tech giant is quickly filling
5. American Amazon warehouse worker gets COVID-19
6. Employees at nine Amazon warehouses have contracted the coronavirus
7. Some Amazon Prime deliveries may take a month as demand surges
8. Amazon and eBay failing to stop Covid-19 profiteers, says Which?: Consumer group finds ‘consistent overpricing’ on hand sanitiser, thermometers and baby formula despite crackdown
9. Smartphones Aren’t the Problem – Capitalism Is: All of the fretting about social media addiction and smartphones destroying our attention span misses the point. Capitalism and the profit-seeking of big tech is the real problem.
10. Snapchat rolls out mental health feature early due to the coronavirus
11. A Snapchat-owned location app just added a leaderboard comparing who stays home the most: Zenly is gamifying social distancing
12. Instagram prototypes Snapchat-style disappearing text messages
13. Instagram Unveils New ‘Co-Watching’ Feature To Promote Social Distancing
14. Coronavirus, cybercrime and the parasitising of a pandemic
15. DOJ Correctly Takes Down Fraudulent COVID-19 Website Selling Bogus ‘Vaccine Kits’
16. How Facebook is preparing for a surge in depressed and anxious users: And why it’s Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest worry about the user base
17. Facebook says coronavirus is pushing usage through the roof, but its business is hurting: Total messaging has increased by 50 percent and video calling has doubled in some markets
18. Facebook’s new design turns your PC into an enormous phone
19. Why Silicon Valley Loves Coronavirus: Coronavirus is the shock that Silicon Valley needed to complete its workplace revolution – with new technologies mediating our daily lives in ways that will be difficult to reverse.
20. YouTube Reduces Default Streaming Quality Globally In Light Of Congestion Concerns
21. YouTube is reducing its default video quality to standard definition for the next month: You can still watch videos in HD, but you have to manually choose that option
22. YouTube Launches ‘Learn@Home’ Educational Hub For Kids Kept Home By COVID-19
23. YouTube Lowers Playback Quality In EU, U.K. To Stave Off Potential Coronavirus Congestion
24. Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 3/23/2020
25. YouTube Music, Spotify, Amazon, More Donate To Recording Academy’s COVID-19 Fund For Music Professionals
26. Netflix, Disney Throttle Video Streams In Europe To Handle COVID-19 Internet Strain
27. Comcast, Disney Embrace Faster Home Video Release Windows In Wake Of COVID-19
28. Netflix, YouTube cut video quality in Europe after pressure from EU official
29. Netflix, YouTube slow down streaming in Europe
30. Netflix Establishes $100 Million Fund To Support Cast, Crew On Productions Halted By COVID-19
31. Netflix Streaming Traffic Hits All-Time Highs on AT&T Networks
32. Here’s the Netflix account compromise Bugcrowd doesn’t want you to know about [Updated]
33. ‘Oprah Talks COVID-19’ Is Apple TV+’s Lo-Fi, Long-Distance Look At Coronavirus
34. Apple Helps China Censor Citizens By Pulling The Plug On A Keyboard App That Encrypted Text Messages
35. Quibi Reveals ‘&Music’ Series Featuring Ariana Grande, J Balvin, Ozzy Osbourne, More
36. WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response
37. Twitter Gains 12 Million Users, But Will Take Q1 Operating Loss Due To Pandemic’s Effects On Ad Revenue
38. Insights: How Online Creators Can Thrive, And Help Others Survive, In Our Plague Year
39. Coronavirus Social Video Stats: Yes, It’s The Main Topic People Are Talking About
40. 20-Person Creator Collective Launches Facebook Hub To Stave Off Coronavirus Isolation
41. As Pandemic Worsens, Influencers Could Face 15-25% Decrease In Sponsored Post Pricing (Study)
42. Pornhub Sees 12% Global Visitor Growth Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns, Free ‘Premium’ Offers
43. Coronavirus Cancels VidCon 2020, Organizers Hoping To Reschedule For This Fall
44. Twitch Hooks Up With SoundCloud To Help Musicians Monetize Livestreams Amid COVID-19 Concert Cancellations
45. Tours Are Canceled, So Musicians Are Turning To Twitch: “I’m just trying to survive, and Twitch has the highest earning potential.”
46. SoundCloud and Twitch just made it easier for musicians to monetize live streams: SoundCloud artists can apply for Twitch Affiliate status
47. Musicians ask Spotify to triple payments to cover lost concert revenue: Bandcamp relaxes charges in light of Covid-19 but there is growing pressure on streaming services to compensate artists more fairly
48. Yes, Global Spotify Chart Streams Are Down This Week. No, That Doesn’t Mean Coronavirus Is Hurting The Record Industry.
49. ‘A worldwide hackathon’: Hospitals turn to crowdsourcing and 3D printing amid equipment shortages
50. Spotify Resurrects FaZe Banks And KeemStar’s ‘Mom’s Basement’ YouTube Series In Podcast Form
51. Spotify opens its podcast catalog to third-party apps, but not for streaming
52. Spotify Is Testing A Feature That Recommends Music To Match The ‘Moment And Mood’ Of A Photo
53. Spotify is revoking support for all third-party DJ apps
54. Spotify to let artists link to donation pages from their Spotify profile page: The changes come as part of the company’s measures to help artists hit hard by COVID-19
55. Maryland General Assembly Votes to Adopt Digital Advertising Gross Revenue Tax & Expand Sales Tax to Digital Products
56. OneWeb says it will have to cut workers amid economic crisis
57. Beyond the Digital Analogy in Constitutional Law (Spencer Livingstone)

A.I.

1. Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?: From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.
2. Artificial intelligence, transparency, and public decision-making: Why explanations are key when trying to produce perceived legitimacy
3. Artificial Intelligence: Can a machine be an inventor?
4. Speech recognition algorithms may also have racial bias
5. Artificial Intelligence Platforms – A New Research Agenda for Digital Platform Economy (Tomasz Mucha, Timo Seppala)
6. Echo Chambers and Competition Law: Should Algorithmic Choices be Respected? (Eran Fish, Michael Gal)

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Comcast wins Supreme Court case over interpretation of civil rights law: Black-owned TV network alleged racism in Comcast decision not to carry channels.
2. Comcast aggressively moves to work-from-home during pandemic
3. Charter employees beg for work-from-home rights during pandemic
4. Charter grudgingly lets up to 40% of call-center employees work from home
5. Charter Spectrum Under Fire For Putting The Public At Risk During Coronavirus
6. Should Zoom Be a Public Utility?: Online platforms like Zoom and Skype have become basic, public necessities as our lives are upended by the coronavirus. Should they be nationalized?
7. How to get Verizon and AT&T data-cap fees waived during the pandemic
8. AT&T CEO Nabbed Record $32 Million Compensation In 2019, Despite Rampant Bumbling, Layoffs
9. Changes Affecting Telehealth Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
10. HHS Removes Enforcement Barriers for Telehealth during COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency
11. The FCC Exempts COVID-19-Related Health Care “Robocalls” From TCPA Liability
12. FCC Issues Guidance on TV News Sharing Agreements During the Pandemic
13. Libraries Want To Become Broadband Havens During The Pandemic, But Want More Help From The FCC
14. Essential Planning for Broadcasters Facing Coronavirus Restrictions on Access to Facilities and News Events
15. SpaceX gets FCC license for 1 million satellite-broadband user terminals
16. Broadband Considerations for Schools and Libraries Impacted by COVID-19

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Awful, Awful People Keep Trying To Trademark COVID And Coronavirus
2. The Utility of Recent Force Majeure Amendments to Canadian Trademark Law
3. Federal Court of Appeal remands Remicade new use patent decision on anticipation and obviousness
4. (Trade)mark America Great Again: Should Political Slogans Be Able to Receive Trademark Protection? (Katherine Kerrick)
5. Newspaper Can Talk About “Derby Pies” Without Infringing Trademarks–Rupp v. Courier Journal (Eric Goldman)
6. Supreme Court Decides North Carolina Is Immune from Filmmaker’s Copyright Suit
7. Surprise: Judge Throws Out Jury’s Awful Copyright Infringement Decision Over Katy Perry Song
8. Supreme Court rules states are immune from copyright law
9. States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement Says the Supreme Court
10. SCOTUS Strikes Down Law Abrogating Sovereign Immunity to States for Copyright Infringement
11. North Carolina Won’t Be Walking the Plank: Supreme Court Finds State is No Copyright Pirate in Blackbeard Ruling
12. U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Sovereign Immunity Shields States From Copyright Suits
13. Supreme Court Rules That States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement, For Now…
14. Brompton bike case unfolds as AG’s opinion indicates no copyright infringement
15. A casual snapshot can make for a valuable copyright
16. Responding to COVID-19 | Global intellectual property update
17. COVID-19 and trademark-driven scams
18. Judge Woods Finds Dating App Patent Doesn’t “Match Up” With Section 101
19. Federal Circuit Adds “Method of Preparation” Claims to Bucket List of Claim Types that May Elude the Dreaded US 101 Invalidity Finding
20. An Improved Step in a Diagnostic Method is Patentable Subject Matter
21. Everyone’s Got A Pet Project: Patent Maximalist Says We Need Longer Patents To Incentivize Coronavirus Vaccines
22. RIP to the Australian innovation patent
23. ‘Upload filters’ and human rights: implementing Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
24. Double Blow To The EU’s Long-Delayed Unified Patent Court, But Supporters Unlikely To Give Up
25. Former Google engineer pleads guilty to stealing confidential document

PRIVACY

1. Washington State Legislators Pass Bill Blocking Use Of Facial Recognition Tech Without A Warrant
2. Governments Around The World Are Tracking Their Citizens’ Movements To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19
3. As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets
4. Privacy & Encryption Will Be More Important Than Ever In Wake Of Coronavirus
5. The US Government Is Also Looking At Increasing Domestic Surveillance To Fight The Spread Of The Coronavirus
6. VPN Review Site Creates Live Digital Rights Tracker To Compile Coronavirus-Related Surveillance Efforts
7. Google v CNIL – an update on the right to be forgotten
8. 9th Cir. Rejects Spokeo ‘Standing’ Objection to Nationwide Privacy Class Settlement
9. New attack on home routers sends users to spoofed sites that push malware
10. Israel uses mass cellphone surveillance to contend with coronavirus
11. Trudeau leaves door open to using smartphone data to track Canadians’ compliance with pandemic rules: Cellphone companies are already sharing data with health authorities around the world
12. Canada should ensure cellphone tracking to counter the spread of coronavirus does not become the new normal (Michael Geist)
13. How Canada Should Ensure Cellphone Tracking to Counter the Spread of Coronavirus Does Not Become the New Normal (Michael Geist)
14. Coronavirus is forcing a trade-off between privacy and public health: The crisis has governments and companies scrambling to decide when it’s appropriate to lift data privacy protections and AI ethics guidelines.
15. Ring Continues To Insist Its Cameras Reduce Crime, But Crime Data Doesn’t Back Those Claims Up
16. Privacy issues arise as governments track virus
17. European Privacy Law and Global Markets for Data
18. My Third Set of Comments to the CA DOJ on the CCPA Regulations (Eric Goldman)

CREATIVITY   

1. ‘A Whole Generation of Artists Might Be Wiped Out’: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on Museums, Care and the Covid-19 Crisis
2. Covid-19 leaves creative industry vulnerable: As the coronavirus pandemic shuts down all but essential services around the globe, live entertainers are scrambling to find ways to earn an income from home.
3. COVID-19 is spawning a global press-freedom crackdown
4. Twitter Suspended Cory Doctorow For Putting Trolls On A List Called ‘Colossal Assholes’
5. Interview With Liz Mair, Whom Rep. Devin Nunes Is Suing For $400 Million Because She Was Mildly Mean To Him
6. Houston Police Chief Says He’ll Prosecute People For False Statements About COVID-19 Response; Won’t Debate 1st Amendment
7. Big Telecom’s Quest To Use The First Amendment To Scuttle Privacy Laws Won’t Go Well, Experts Predict
8. Judge To Art Licensing Agency: No, Your Stupid Unicorn Is Not More Important Than COVID-19 Right Now, Shut Up
9. The only little movie screen in the capital of Texas

GAMES

1. No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc.
2. High Fashion Invades Runeterra – Fascinating IP Issues in the Collaboration Between League of Legends and Louis Vuitton
3. Nintendo presses Sony to remove Mario creations from Dreams: Sony confirms ongoing case-by-case purge of Nintendo IP from creation game
4. Nintendo Gets ‘Dreams’ Mario Taken Down Because Of Course It Did
5. Nintendo donates 9,500 face masks to US emergency services: Highly sought-after face masks will be distributed across the City of North Bend and surrounding area
6. After Years Of Being Blamed For Everything, The World Turns To Video Games To Escape During Coronavirus Shut-In
7. Game platforms respond to increased demand amid coronavirus quarantines [Updated]
8. Record number of Steam users online during coronavirus outbreak: Steam sees record numbers of users in-game, and record concurrent users for third week running
9. Game Discoverability: The Steam & Epic stores, circa early 2020
10. F1 Is Cancelled, So Drivers Will Race Each Other In The Official Video Game
11. Formula 1 officially goes virtual from this weekend: Endorsed races with real-life talent begin this Sunday
12. Missing live sports? There’s a lot more esport racing this weekend
13. Entire Spanish Soccer League, Including Barcelona And Real Madrid, Are Going To Play Each Other In FIFA [Update: Real Madrid Wins]
14. Keywords Studios staff criticize pandemic response: Testers say company made QA staff show up while management worked from home, adopted lax sanitation processes
15. UK retailer GAME keeping its Belong arenas open for now – Update: Retailer has now decided to close them until further notice
16. UK games retail shifts online as government orders closure of all non-essential stores: CEX, GAME, Argos and more shut their High Street branches to prevent the spread of coronavirus
17. Sony will ‘manage’ PSN download speeds in Europe to preserve internet access
18. Sony to Slow PlayStation Downloads in Europe Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
19. Sony throttles back game downloads in Europe: PlayStation maker says gameplay will be unaffected but players may see slower or delayed downloads to reduce strain on ISPs
20. Sony and Microsoft are playing different card games | Opinion: Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen communications strategies tell us almost as much as the tech specs themselves
21. GameStop rules itself ‘essential retail’ and therefore immune to lockdown closures
22. GameStop pauses trade-in program for 9 days due to COVID-19 concerns
23. GameStop shuts down regular operations amid coronavirus closures [Updated]
24. GameStop bumps up Doom Eternal release to cut back on in-store crowds
25. Retailers break Doom Eternal street date over COVID-19 fears: GameStop and other retailers are selling Bethesda’s game early to avoid overcrowding in-store
26. Bethesda apparently broke its own Denuvo protection for Doom Eternal
27. Finnish-Icelandic studio Mainframe nets $8.3 million to create cloud-native games
28. Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK – It is the fastest-selling single Switch game ever
29. Report: Animal Crossing: New Horizons sets new Switch launch sales record in Japan
30. Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan – Famitsu data reveals Nintendo’s latest has sold 1.88 million copies in just three days
31. Why Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing features allow instant change in the real-time game
32. Report: The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii in Japan
33. Nintendo shuts down U.S. repair centers due to COVID-19
34. Top three unchanged in App Annie’s annual mobile publisher chart: Tencent, NetEase and Activision Blizzard lead a top ten with only two new entries
35. Mobile versions of Call of Duty and PUBG driving game revenue at Tencent
36. All US GameStop stores closed except for curbside pick-up: Retailer will pay US employees for lost hours for next two weeks; Canadian EB Games stores shut entirely
37. GameStop reportedly shutting down all stores in California: Retailer had previous tried to remain open despite shelter in place order, saying it was “essential business”
38. GameStop keeping stores open as government orders lockdowns: San Mateo county says GameStop is not an “essential business,” GameStop says it can have “positive impact”
39. GameStop abruptly shuts down all stores in California
40. GameStop closing U.S. storefronts to customers amid COVID-19 pandemic
41. Google Play’s malicious app problem infects 1.7 million more devices
42. Exclusive: Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months
43. Stadia to offer dev kits, funding, and more through new Stadia Makers program
44. Stadia launches Makers program to attract experienced indies: Google offers tech help, hardware, and funding to devs using Unity and including Stadia among launch-day platforms
45. Unity debuts new cloud-based platform for simulating game playtests
46. Unity offers up free game dev courses and tutorials during coronavirus pandemic
47. Big Run Studios nets $1.4 million to create mobile titles for ‘underserved’ audiences
48. Koei Tecmo found global success by focusing on its Japanese identity: CEO Hisashi Koinuma on being trusted with big IPs, making an asset of the firm’s Asian identity, and its goal of making a 5m-selling original IP
49. Square Enix implements work-from-home policy due to COVID-19
50. Call of Duty: Warzone passes 30 million players in ten days
51. ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Review – Valve Delivers One of VR’s Best Games Yet
52. Half-Life: Alyx review: The greatest VR adventure game yet—and then some
53. ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Breaks Concurrent User Record for VR Game on Steam
54. Mods that cut VR from Half-Life: Alyx will only show how vital its VR is, says Valve
55. Don’t Miss: The making of Half-Life 2
56. ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Tops ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Warzone’ with 300K Concurrent Twitch Viewers on Launch Day
57. Half-Life: Alyx — Critical Consensus: Critics praise the frightening, tactile and brilliantly detailed return of Half-Life — but will it be 13 years until the next one?
58. HP, Valve, and Microsoft team up for ‘next-gen’ PC VR headset
59. Valve: “VR has been missing a big game that everyone can get excited about”
60. Gabe Newell: “Competition in game stores is awesome…but ugly in the short term”: Valve CEO – “We get a lot more freaked out not by competition, but by people trying to preclude competition”
61. How Amazon Web Services is powering some of the world’s biggest video games: Leading developers discuss how they’re using the company’s tech to solve their challenges
62. MTG says COVID-19 could sink esports revenues by 45%: DreamHack and ESL parent warns investors about first-half financials, proposes post-pandemic stock buybacks
63. Gfinity’s CEO and chairman step down ahead of 60% cost reduction plan: Esports firm secures new income through ad deal with Bidstack and Venatus
64. What does a chain of esports restaurant arcades do in a pandemic?
65. Twitch hands indefinite ban to “Kaceytron” for COVID-19 comments: Kacey “Kaceytron” Caviness joked about virus fatalities, will need to appeal ban to be reinstated
66. Bohemia Interactive grossed $68m last yearz: DayZ and Arma 3 developer makes over 4.5 million software sales in 2019
67. Blizzard and Paradox arrange care packages for remote-working staff during coronavirus lockdowns: Meanwhile, Sega added to growing list of games firms sending employees home to work
68. Scopely increases series D round to $400m
69. Mobile studio Scopely nets $200 million for more acquisitions 
70. Robin Games raises $7m to create “lifestyle gaming”: New studio formed by former Jam City exec Jill Wilson, has primarily women-led team
71. Eight principles for making a game influencer-friendly: ICO Partners’ David Ortiz Lapaz lays out ways developers and marketers can make games work for content creators
72. Superdata – February digital game spending up 4%: Console revenues down 22% on weaker release slate, but “many titles” are seeing spikes due to pandemic shutdowns
73. World’s Greatest Teacher Delivers VR Math Lesson In Half-Life: Alyx
74. This Developer Turned His Apartment Into a VR Game
75. Ukie launches industry-specific online wiki: Ukiepedia is free resource of games industry facts, insight, resources and links
76. Untitled Goose Game, A Short Hike take home top prizes at GDC and IGF Awards
77. GoldenEye 007, Guitar Hero among 2020 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists
78. Polish government running games development course for quarantined kids: Webinars, game jam and a building competition on Minecraft launched as part of digital education efforts
79. Microsoft says it can still make Xbox Series X despite coronavirus concerns
80. Minecraft gets free educational content to help enable distance learning
81. Xbox curates free educational marketplace in Minecraft: Meanwhile, Outright Games partners with Digital Schoolhouse for computer science workshops
82. Routing Around Damage: Censored Reporting Hosted In Custom-Built Minecraft ‘Library’
83. Another port bites the dust: Xbox Series X drops S/PDIF audio
84. DirectX 12 Ultimate brings Xbox Series X features to PC gaming
85. TIGA calls for increased game tax credits due to COVID-19
86. Playtika delivers food packages to vulnerable people amid pandemic: Mobile developer to distribute thousands of packages per week across Eastern Europe and Israel
87. BBTV Pacts With Latin American YouTube Phenom Mariale On Mobile Puzzle Game
88. CAA Signs Online Gaming Entrepreneurs Jesse Cox And Bruce Greene
89. Blog: Building a historical game based on real-world struggles
90. Blog: Rethinking progression in mobile puzzle games
91. Blog: A guide to working remotely in games
92. Blog: VR/AR – A renaissance art form
93. Blog: How lore and storytelling can make puzzlers more replayable
94. Blog: Why the world needs game developers right now
95. Video: The benefits of Paradox’s long-term DLC model 
96. Video: Storytelling lessons learned in 14 years at BioWare
97. Video: Designing great UI that helps immerse players in your game
98. Don’t Miss: The aggressive resource management of Doom Eternal4
99. Don’t Miss: Where next for the video game power fantasy?
100. Don’t Miss: Designing Grindstone’s super satisfying board-clearing gameplay
101. Ninja and wife donate $150,000 to Feeding America amid coronavirus pandemic: Streamers encourage other influencers ask their followers to stay at home and observe social distancing
102. Games industry rallies in fight against COVID-19: IMVU raises over $100,000 to send supplies to hospitals fighting COVID-19
103. Razer will start manufacturing surgical masks to help fight COVID-19
104. Plague Inc. dev Ndemic donates $250,000 to COVID-19 response funds
105. The UK National Videogame Museum starts fundraiser after COVID-19 puts future at risk
106. COVID-19 “threatens the very existence” of National Videogame Museum: British Games Insitute launches campaign to save nation’s only dedicated games museum
107. Plague Inc. rolling out new mode where you fight to contain the outbreak
108. ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games
109. GDC 2020 talks are now available to watch for free on the GDC Vault!
110. U.S. Patent no. 10,286,323: Dynamic difficulty adjustment
111. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice named game of the year in 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Law Commission of Ontario recommends sweeping changes to law of defamation to address challenges of internet age
2. LCO recommends new regime for online defamation
3. French antitrust watchdog hits Apple with its biggest fine ever: $1.2 billion
4. SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents
5. The Internet is drowning in COVID-19-related malware and phishing scams
6. Capitalism’s Addiction Problem: The biggest, best-known companies in the digital economy are getting their users hooked on their products – and undermining the pillars of America’s market economy.
7. Why Tech Might Actually Be The Solution To Capitalism’s Addiction Problem
8. Online Harms Part 1: The new regulatory framework requiring businesses to protect online users against harm
9. Another Troubling Courtroom Loss for Online Marketplaces–Massachusetts Port Authority v. Turo (Eric Goldman)
10. Online Platforms Sidestep Claims over User Content Decisions and Social App Functions
11. As Politicians Are Still Looking To Destroy The Internet, Covid-19 Reminds Us Why Social Media Is Not Just Good, But Saving Lives
12. Burning The Ladder: Match.com Supports Burning Section 230 To The Ground, Despite Relying On It To Exist
13. TikTok Moderation Guidelines Show Users Were Punished For Political Content, Being “Ugly” Or “Slummy”
14. Invisible Censorship: TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People and the Poor to Attract New Users
15. As Legal Dispute Intensifies, Early ‘Hype House’ Star Looks To Launch Rival TikTok Group
16. Insights: Taking TikTok Hype Houses Mainstream—What Could Go Wrong?
17. 80% of TikTok’s Ad Spend is Dedicated to Snapchat, Reports MediaRadar
18. New York Attorney General Continues Aggressive Enforcement Over Coronavirus Claims
19. The Tort of Conversion in the Electronic Age: A Case Study
20. Social Media Promised To Block Covid-19 Misinformation; But They’re Also Blocking Legit Info Too
21. People In Kashmir Can’t Access Coronavirus Information Because The Government Is Crippling The Internet
22. Why is Meetup helping people organize meetings during a pandemic?
23. Major tech platforms say they’re ‘jointly combating fraud and misinformation’ about COVID-19
24. How Wikipedia Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation: A group of hawk-eyed experts operate on a special track to monitor medical information on the site.
25. Android surveillanceware operators jump on the coronavirus fear bandwagon
26. Verily’s COVID-19 screening site goes live, is already over capacity
27. Facebook was marking legitimate news articles about the coronavirus as spam due to a software bug
28. Reputable sites swept up in FB’s latest coronavirus-minded spam cleanse [Updated]
29. Facebook Pledges $100 Million To Small Businesses Affected By Coronavirus, Partners With WHO To Remove False COVID-19 Content
30. Here’s how social media can combat the coronavirus ‘infodemic’: Facebook and Twitter are major sources of Covid-19 news. They’re also where misinformation thrives. How can platforms step up?
31. Facebook is shutting down MSQRD, the AR selfie app it acquired in 2016
32. Instagram’s IGTV Reaching Out To “Emerging” Creators For Ad-Share Tests This Spring
33. Facebook announces $100 million program for small businesses impacted by coronavirus
34. Facebook unleashes the legal hounds against deceptive web domain names
35. It’s Not Just the Content, It’s the Business Model: Democracy’s Online Speech Challenge
36. Apple Music Signs New Licensing Deals With Majors
37. Apple Music reaches new deals with major labels sans “Apple Prime” bundle agreement
38. Apple’s WWDC is happening this year after all—but it has a new format
39. Apple’s WWDC to take place entirely online: Conference will be held in June with online keynote and sessions
40. There Are No Plans To Cancel Or Postpone VidCon, Organizers Say
41. Social Media Influencer Marketing and FTC Enforcement
42. Spotify Patents A Voice Assistant That Can Read Your Emotions
43. Google and Verily clarify their roles in the US coronavirus response [UPDATED 3/15]
44. YouTuber Loses Lawsuit Over Channel Termination–Mishiyev v. Alphabet
45. YouTube Closes Some Content Moderation Offices Due To Coronavirus, Warns Creators It’s Temporarily Relying On Automated Systems
46. YouTube Warns Video Takedowns Could Be Higher During Coronavirus Crisis
47. YouTube Warns That, Thanks To Covid-19, It’s Handing Over More Content Moderation To The Machines And They Might Suck
48. Here’s Why Google Broke Out YouTube’s Ad Revs For The First Time Last Quarter
49. YouTube Officially Removing ‘Trending’ Tab From Mobile App In Favor Of ‘Explore’
50. Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 3/16/2020
51. Will Wall Street Get In The Way Of Jack Dorsey’s Lofty Plans To Turn Twitter Into A Protocol?
52. Fox Sells Stake In Roku To Purchase Ad-Supported Streamer Tubi For $440 Million
53. Snapchat Introduces DIY Augmented Reality Tool for Brands: Advertisers can customize Lens Web Builder with logos, images
54. Snapchat joins forces with WHO to combat coronavirus misinformation
55. Twitter Will Increase Its Use of Automation Tools as It Looks to Ensure Accuracy in COVID-19 Discussion
56. World Health Organization Launches Daily Livestreamed Concert Series With Coldplay, John Legend, More
57. Amazon Music launches analytics for artists with a mobile app
58. What it’s like to own Vancouver’s last two video stores during a pandemic
59. Amazon hiring 100,000 warehouse workers amid coronavirus boom
60. Coronavirus Is Speeding Up the Amazonification of the Planet: As restaurants, bars, and local shops close down, platform-based monoliths are vacuuming up customers and jobs
61. World Health Organization Launches Daily Livestreamed Concert Series With Coldplay, John Legend, More
62. Netflix Suspends All Scripted Productions In U.S., Canada
63. Netflix Party lets you have movie night while social distancing
64. Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Increase Viewers’ Content Consumption By 60%, Per Nielsen Data
65. Competition Law and Online Sales Restrictions: UK Court of Appeal Judgment in Ping
66. Online casino fined £3 million for “systemic” AML failings
    
67. Sonos Backs Off Plan To Brick Older, Still Functioning Speakers
68. Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board
69. Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board of directors: Corporation’s co-founder will focus more on his philanthropic activities
70. Bitcoin loses 21 percent of its value in broad cryptocurrency rout

A.I.

1. AI is an Ideology, Not a Technology: At its core, “artificial intelligence” is a perilous belief that fails to recognize the agency of humans.
2. Gabe Newell on Brain-computer Interfaces: ‘We’re way closer to The Matrix than people realize’
3. How can machine learning be applied to game development?
4. Coronavirus: Social giants police web with AI as staff sent home
5. “High-risk AI”: A European approach to excellence and trust
6. The challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the field of IP
7. Who owns AI creations? Comment on WIPO’s ‘Draft Issues Paper on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence’ (Guido Noto La Diega)
8. Identifying the Legal and Business Risks of Disinformation and Deepfakes: What Every Business Needs to Know

COMMUNICATIONS

1. TELUS Corporation obtains court order to hold virtual-only shareholder meeting
2. California AG Announces Settlement Agreement with T-Mobile and Sprint
3. US Cable Companies Lost 5 Million Paying Customers Last Year Alone
4. AT&T waives data cap during coronavirus; Comcast keeps charging overage fees
5. US ISPs Drop Usage Caps, Pledge To Avoid Kicking Users Offline During Coronavirus
6. Comcast and T-Mobile upgrade everyone to unlimited data for next 60 days
7. Comcast’s Broadband Market Domination Continues To Grow
8. Charter engineer quits over “reckless” rules against work-from-home
9. Amid pandemic, T-Mobile gets emergency access to Dish’s 600MHz spectrum
10. AT&T CEO pay rose to $32 million in 2019 while he cut 20,000 jobs
11. Patient Distancing: The Critical Role Telehealth Will Play During the Coronavirus Pandemic
12. President Trump Signs Legislation to Enhance Efforts to Secure U.S. Telecommunication Networks
13. President Trump Signs Huawei/ZTE Replacement Funding Legislation; FCC Pushes for Necessary $1 Billion Appropriations Bill
14. FCC’s 2018 Abolition of Main Studio Rules Means Broadcast Studios Do Not Need to Be Open to the Public During Coronavirus Outbreak
15. After deregulatory blitz, FCC scrambles to prevent ISP abuse during pandemic
16. President renominates FCC commissioner O’Rielly
17. Data From Italy, China Suggests The US Internet Isn’t Likely To Choke On COVID-19 Broadband Usage Spike

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue
2. Industry Committee Recommends Adding Digital Lock Exception to USMCA Copyright Provisions (Michael Geist)
3. False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit
4. Cruz v. Cox Media Group: District court holds Cox Media Group liable for copyright infringement due to publication of bystander’s photograph of 2017 terrorist attack in conjunction with news story, finding no fair use.
5. LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview
6. After A Long Climb, Led Zeppelin Prevails In The Stairway To Heaven Copyright Battle
7. Is “This Land is Your Land” in the Public Domain?
8. The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees: Print-on-demand companies allow anyone to upload designs for T-shirts, mugs & other items. But many images violate I.P. rights.
9. Cofemel decision applied for the first time by UK court
10. The Philadelphia Phillies Are Phighting for Their Rights to the Phanatic
11. March Madness Trademarks: Avoiding a Foul Call from the NCAA (2020 Update – Part 1)
12. March Madness Trademarks: Avoiding a Foul Call from the NCAA (2020 Update)(Part 2 – Even if the Tournament is Off)
13. Google’s Servers Hosted by Third Parties Do Not Establish Patent Venue
14. Failure to Mark Can Put Damages Underwater
15. Protecting Trade Secrets During a Pandemic
16. Natural Language Processing
17. Former Refrigerator Manufacturer Says Companies Using Open Source, Royalty-Free Video Technology Must Pay To License 2,000 Patents
18. Patent Marking – Federal Circuit Clarifies Noncompliance is not Cured by Ceasing to Sell Products or by Willful Infringement
19. 2020: A Busy Year for CRISPR Patents at the EPO
20. Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test [Updated]
21. After Theranos suit, Fortress makes patents available on royalty-free basis for COVID-19 tests
22. Softbank-Owned Patent Troll Now Promises To Grant Royalty-Free License For Covid-19 Tests; Details Lacking
23. True or false: testing limits of comparative advertising
24. Patent-Eligible Improvements to Computer Functionality Must Be Directed to an Improvement of the Computer or Network Platform
25. Claims Using Naturally-Occurring Phenomenon in Method of Preparation Found Patent Eligible
26. Choosing Advocacy over Candor Renders Patent Unenforceable
27. Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court – Is it all over or is there a Plan B?
28. The Growing Importance of International Arbitration for Intellectual Property Disputes
29. Intellectual property law: a year in review
30. As Congress Explore New Awful Copyright Plans, Maximalists Look To Rewrite The History Of SOPA/PIPA

PRIVACY

1. Why the Coming Battle Over Canadian Privacy Reform Starts at Home (Michael Geist)
2. Housebound Blues: Considering the Privacy and Data Security Consequences of Remote Work
3. Clearview Was A Toy For Billionaires Before It Became A Toy For Cops
4. Best Practices for Maintaining Employee Privacy Regarding Covid-19
5. The government might want your phone location data to fight coronavirus. Here’s why that could be okay.: Privacy advocates want restrictions on how much phone location data the government gets from tech companies.
6. How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
7. Since The FBI Can’t Be Bothered To Do It, Motherboard Has Compiled A Database Of Attempts To Access Encrypted IPhones
8. We need privacy and data laws to tackle this global pandemic
9. TikTok Says New ‘Transparency Center’ Will Invite Outside Experts To Observe Its Content, Data Practices
10. What industries utilize opt-in cookie banners the most, and the least?
11. High-stakes security setups are making remote work impossible
12. Study ranks the privacy of major browsers. Here are the findings
13. Local Government Employee Fined For Illegally Deleting Item Requested Under Freedom Of Information Act

CREATIVITY   

1. Eighth Circuit Serves Another Round of First Amendment Protection for Alcohol Advertising
2. China Expels U.S. Journalists
3. Insane: China Expels American Journalists In Ridiculous, Unhelpful Spat About Covid-19

GAMES

1. The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rise in online gaming in the U.S.
2. Gaming Usage Up 75 Percent Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Verizon Reports: Video streaming has also seen a bump, up 12 percent during peak usage hours.
3. Crunching devs share the human cost of development at Naughty Dog
4. Dreams dev testing the waters of letting players monetize their work
5. F1 drivers and other pros switch to esports in the age of the coronavirus
6. Board finds that Nintendo Joy-Cons don’t infringe on Gamevice controller patents
7. Nintendo wins patent dispute against Gamevice: Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidates all 19 of mobile accessories maker’s claims against platform holder
8. Nintendo tells employees to self-quarantine: Measure taken after employee in Redmond, Washington offices tests positive for novel coronavirus
9. Nintendo staff working from home after employee tests positive for coronavirus
10. Ittle Dew 2+ returns to Nintendo Switch: Former publisher Nicalis denies allegations it attempted to re-publish title without permission
11. Animal Crossing: New Horizons review: A quarantined life has never been cuter
12. Nexon to close down MapleStory 2 global servers this spring
13. Gaming and live streaming rise globally amid COVID-19 crisis: Games industry in a strong position to weather pandemic, say analysts
14. A short history of banned games in Germany: Beiten Burkhardt’s Andreas Lober explores Germany’s fractious relationship with video games — and the age rating issues that still lie ahead
15. The developer of Journey bucks the trend of “predatory” monetisation
16. What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics
17. Call of Duty: Warzone crosses 15 million players in four days
18. Call of Duty: Warzone surpasses 6 million players in 24 hours
19. Call of Duty: Warzone hits six million users in 24 hours – Activision’s free-to-play battle royale launch dwarfs competition
20. Free press advocates unveil new library of censored works — in Minecraft
21. Reporters Without Borders builds censorship-free zone in Minecraft: The press freedom group will publish articles censored in their country of origin via in-game books
22. Samsung is discontinuing its PC-to-phone game streaming app PlayGalaxy Link
23. Samsung scraps PlayGalaxy Link streaming service: Games streaming service canned after five-month beta trial period, ends March 27
24. Why culturalisation matters as much as localisation: Kate Edwards discusses how to approach culturalisation, and how to navigate sensitive themes so your game can reach wider markets
25. The four pillars of good representation: GDC 2020 – Proletariat’s Tori Schafer offers key considerations for studios including LGBT+ representation in their games
26. Forza creative director on the hardest part of fostering inclusivity: Dan Greenwalt talks about the never-ending work of creating a workplace where developers feel safe to call out mistakes
27. GameStop cancels in-store events indefinitely in response to COVID-19: But employees reportedly struggle with lack of cleaning supplies or emergency sick leave
28. 505 Games, Activision, Nintendo 2019’s Best Publishers Says Metacritic, Sony Not in Top 20
29. February US sales down 29%, says NPD: Tracking firm reports no new releases cracked the top 20 as every platform saw hardware sales drop year-over-year
30. UK Monthly Report: GTA V reigns again as The Division 2 bounces back in February: Software market drops more than 15% and console sales continue to tumble
31. Niantic updates Pokémon Go in effort to limit coronavirus spread
32. Niantic just made it easier to play Pokemon Go in self-isolation
33. Pokémon Home grosses $2.6m in first month: US leads in player spend and installs as total downloads exceed 2.3 million
34. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne ships 5m units: Series lifetime sales exceed 62 million as Iceborne expansion maintains strong performance
35. Doom Eternal is a masterful twitch shooter symphony with one sour note
36. Doom Eternal: Critical Consensus: Id Software’s latest shows brilliance in its bombast, but dabbles in platforming and world building with less success
37. Google details what you need to play Stadia games in 4K on the web: Mac users need not apply.
38. Blog: Nvidia’s brilliance, Google’s foresight, and the necessity of adding something new
39. UK Charts: Nioh 2 takes No.1 as Mario Kart 8 races up the charts
40. Assassin’s Creed Unity was one of the best-selling games in the world last month: Latest EMEAA charts puts Ubisoft’s 2014 title at No.1
41. Lego teams up with Nintendo for Super Mario brick-based game
42. Lego Super Mario toys announced: New line incorporates interactive electronic character with traditional building block elements
43. Pokimane, DrDisrespect sign multi-year Twitch exclusivity deals: Two top streamers opt to remain while other popular names move to YouTube, Mixer, Facebook
44. Twitch Indefinitely Bans Lifestyle Streamer Kaceytron For Coronavirus Comments
45. Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, and more enact remote working policies due to COVID-19
46. Twitch Partners With Measurement Firm Comscore To Amp Up Ad Data
47. Coronavirus-induced school and office closures have been great for Twitch streamers
48. Esports: how can travel businesses take advantage of this exciting new market?
49. EA, Rockstar, others shift to remote working amid pandemic: FIFA publisher also cancels all live events until global situation improves
50. Square Enix warns of Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping delays: Worldwide release still set for April 10, but publisher says it’s “increasingly likely” that copies may be delayed in delivery
51. Genvid Technologies secures $33m in Series B funding round: Interactive streaming developer backed by Samsung, Huya and NTT Docomo
52. Miniclip acquires UK mobile studio Eight Pixels Square
53. Miniclip acquires Eight Pixels Square: UK mobile developer joins Swiss development and publishing outfit
54. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Critical Consensus: Kind, community escapism just when we needed it
55. Overwatch League cancels all March and April live events in response to COVID-19: Scheduled matches will still be played and broadcast online
56. Call of Duty League cancels all scheduled live events due to COVID-19: All planned matches will go forward online-only, with live broadcasts
57. Fullscreen’s Dustin Glass Exits To Head Gaming For Digital Video-Focused Reach Agency
58. Twitch Dives Into Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With Dr DisRespect
59. Back-end engine developer Pragma closes $4.2m seed round; LA-based startup provides “back-end as a service” solution set to launch later this year
60. Making remote work work: Two developers from Endless’ global workforce focus on communication, trust, and culture in distributed development
61. GDC 2020 virtual talks, awards streaming for free all week! Here’s the lineup
62. Microsoft Build conference, DOTA and League of Legends esports among latest events to be cancelled
63. Microsoft drops full Xbox Series X tech specs, reveals ‘storage expansion cards’
64. Xbox Series X specs revealed, aims for “a minimum doubling” over Xbox One X: Microsoft’s upcoming console will also dramatically improve the performance of current and previous gen games
65. Xbox announces, retracts Thanksgiving 2020 launch for Series X: Larry Hryb says Microsoft is “committed to launching holiday 2020”
66. The new Xbox Wireless Controller will reduce latency and allow instant sharing
67. Going for speed: The load-busting, lag-limiting tech of the Xbox Series X
68. Sony details PlayStation 5 tech specs in extensive ‘deep dive’
69. 5 highlights from PlayStation’s big PS5 system architecture deep dive
70. Sony lays out more PS5 details: Mark Cerny talks about the promise of system’s 825GB SSD and Tempest 3D Audio Tech, offers details on backwards compatibility and expanded storage
71. PlayStation’s switch to a SSD for the PS5 aims to ‘give the game designer freedom’
72. Sony details PS5’s fast SSD, variable clock rates, 3D audio tech [Updated]
73. Ex-Vainglory devs raise $2.5m for Bazooka Tango: Seed funding will help new studio create debut title set in Vainglory universe, built in Super Evil Megacorp’s engine
74. A year without E3 is a chance to take stock | Opinion: The ESA’s show has failed to articulate what function it will serve to the modern industry — this year’s cancellation will force that discussion to happen
75. Epic Games acquires facial animation tech studio Cubic Motion
76. Epic acquires Cubic Motion: Unreal Engine maker picks up the company behind facial animation tech in God of War and Hellblade – Senua’s Sacrifice
77. Manticore Games is building a “truly level playing field” for game development: CEO Frédéric Descamps hopes to disrupt game creation in the way that YouTube and Twitch did broadcasting
78. Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure
79. Stuck at home? Binge on some “War Stories” gaming videos!
80. Don’t Miss: Neo Cab and the effort to make an empathetic game about gamification
81. Don’t Miss: The story behind Remedy’s viral dog mocap star
82. Don’t Miss: A 2012 look at CDPR’s Cyberpunk plans, and lessons learned from The Witcher
83. Don’t Miss: Evolving the combat design of id Software’s Doom Eternal
84. Don’t Miss: Naughty Dog’s Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy postmortem
85. Video: Making better games by understanding human error 
86. Report: AR Startup Magic Leap is Looking for a Buyer
87. Magic Leap looks for buyers
88. Report: AR headset maker Magic Leap exploring a sale at $10 billion valuation
89. Games industry raised over $5.5m for Australian bushfire relief; Humble Bundle, Call of Duty DLC and Bungie T-shirts lead fundraising efforts
90. Red Magic 5G gaming smartphone has 144hz display, internal cooling fan
91. Video Gaming/E-Gaming Law Update
92. U.S. Patent no. 10,286,314: System and method for providing continuous gameplay in a multiplayer video game through an unbounded gameplay session
93. BAFTA opts for online-only game awards as COVID-19 concerns grow
94. Untitled Goose Game nabs Game of the Year at the 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards!

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Facebook Hit with Anti-Trust Lawsuit
2. Facebook pulls Trump campaign ads for fake census claims
3. Twitter, Facebook Target Trump Campaign’s Latest Biden Video, Labeling It “Manipulated,” “Partly False”
4. Facebook slaps “partly false” label on Trump-endorsed video of Biden
5. How new rules at Facebook and Twitter led to a warning beneath a Trump retweet: The spread of the video shows how even clear warnings can be little match for the power of the social media infrastructure.
6. President Trump Prohibits Chinese Acquisition of U.S. Software Company
7. Why Is Fox News Acting As State Media, Announcing Trump’s Lawsuits Before They’re Filed And Failing To Point Out How Frivolous They Are?
8. Donald Trump And Charles Harder Continue Their Assault On The 1st Amendment, Suing The Washington Post
9. Trump Campaign Suing All His Media ‘Enemies’: Files Another Silly SLAPP Suit Over CNN Opinion Piece
10. Study: Facebook’s fake news labels have a fatal flaw
11. Facebook Still Can’t Admit That Launching Libra During An International Privacy Scandal Is Idiotic
12. Facebook Brings Suit against Mobile Marketing Firm for Siphoning User Data without Authorization
13. Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter: Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information about the coronavirus is proliferating.
14. Facebook Bans Ads for Face Masks
15. Facebook’s experimental Stories feature lets users cross-post to Instagram: An older tool released in 2017 can only cross-post Stories from Instagram to Facebook.
16. Containing the Infectiousness of Fake News: Developments in Singapore’s Online Falsehoods Laws Amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak
17. Before it sued Google for copying from Java, Oracle got rich copying IBM’s SQL
18. How China is using QR code apps to contain Covid-19
19. ‘This may be the last piece I write’: prominent Xi critic has internet cut after house arrest
20. Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible; Naughty Kids In Wuhan Edition
21. Online Harms White Paper – UK government publishes its initial consultation response
22. COPPA Author Senator Ed Markey Introduces KIDS Act Targeting Sponsored Content, Unboxing Videos
23. Quibi Accused Of Stealing Technology, Trade Secrets From Interactive Video Company Eko
24. Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Ban Certain App Features and Types of Advertising Aimed at Children Online
25. New Bill Seeks to Impose Design Restrictions on Kids’ Online Content and Marketing
26. Bad Ideas: Newark Stupidly Threatens ‘Criminal Prosecution’ Against Anyone Who Reports ‘False’ Info About Covid-19
27. Reddit ran wild with Boston bombing conspiracy theories in 2013 and is now an epicenter for coronavirus misinformation. The site is doing almost nothing to change that.
28. Twitter expands hateful conduct rules to ban dehumanizing speech around age, disability and now, disease
29. Full Count: Retweet Copyright Dispute Against Cubs Moves Forward
30. Twitter Reaches Deal With Activist Fund That Wanted Jack Dorsey Out
31. Jack Dorsey To Stay CEO After Twitter Reaches Deal With Investors Elliott, Silver Lake
32. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Backpedals On Africa Plans Amid Reports He’s Being Pushed Out
33. NBCUniversal Has Sold Its $500 Million Stake In Snap, But Will Continue On As Content Partner
34. So Wait, People Seriously Think Bill Barr Will Rein In Tech Monopoly Power?
35. Sorry, Tulsi Gabbard, Google can’t violate the First Amendment
36. Court Explains 1st Amendment To Tulsi Gabbard In Dismissing Her Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Google
37. First Voters Reject Tulsi Gabbard, Then a Judge Does–Gabbard v. Google (Eric Goldman)
38. Google tells employees to work from home to prevent coronavirus spread
39. How Wikipedia’s volunteers became the web’s best weapon against misinformation
40. Insights: The Death Of Cookies Opens New Opportunities For Influencer Marketing
41. Celebrity Influencers Receive Warning Letters From Federal Trade Commission
42. FTC Settlement Provides Detailed Guidance on Influencer Campaigns
43. FTC Action Says Influencers Made False Claims and Failed to Include Proper Disclosures
44. Will New FTC Endorsement Guidelines Make A #Hashtag of Influencer Advertising?
45. Marketers Beware: Deceptive Health Claims and Social Media Influencer Practices Remain High Priorities for FTC Enforcement
46. Despite Some Naysayers, Influencer Marketing Set For Big Growth In 2020
47. FTC Puts Influencers and Sponsors on Notice with $15.2 Million Judgment
48. FTC targets Teami’s Unsupported Health Claims and Use of Social Media Influencers
49. Cannabis Company is Sued for Showing Mural in Advertising Campaign
50. A Legal Fissure Appears To Be Taking Shape Among Early Members Of ‘The Hype House’
51. OG Pet Influencer And Senior Adoption Activist ‘Marnie The Dog’ Has Passed Away
52. Quibi Reveals Launch Slate Of 51 Shows And Movies, Offers 90-Day Free Trial
53. Quibi Sued by Eko for Patent Infringement, Theft of Trade Secrets
54. ByteDance Launches Standalone Music Streamer In India Armed With Sony, Warner, T-Series Licensing Deals
55. Rihanna Launches TikTok Collab House For Her Fenty Beauty Brand
56. Markiplier Blasts Unauthorized Biography Being Sold Without His Consent
57. Canadian court awards significant ‎defamation damages — are online ‎platforms immune?‎
58. Proposed bill would end “likes” for young teens’ online content
59. YouTube Will Allow “A Limited Number Of Channels” To Monetize Coronavirus Content, CEO Susan Wojcicki Says
60. YouTube children’s content faces a new threat from the KIDS Act: The KIDS Act could dramatically affect kids’ channels
61. YouTube Cancels ‘Impulse’, One Of Its Last-Remaining Scripted Series, After 2 Seasons
62. YouTube To Stream This Year’s Brandcast Due To Coronavirus, As NewFronts Recommends Other Presenters Do The Same
63. Senators Hawley & Feinstein Join Graham & Blumenthal In Announcing Bill To Undermine Both Encryption And Section 230
64. Why Does The NY Times Seem Literally Incapable Of Reporting Accurately On Section 230?
65. Privacy Issues in the Ongoing Controversy Over Section 230
66. DOJ’s Latest Ideas For Section 230 Reform Dumber Than Even I Expected
67. 46 Academics Encourage Congress To Consider Section 230’s Benefits (Eric Goldman)
68. The EARN IT Act Partially Repeals Section 230, But It Won’t Help Children (Eric Goldman)
69. Recap of the USDOJ’s Section 230 Roundtable (Eric Goldman)
70. Are Cuts Coming to the “Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet?”
71. Amazon, counterfeits and memes: Online IP developments
72. Amazon offers no-checkout technology to other retailers
73. YouTube will slowly start monetizing coronavirus videos following creator anger: Weeks after YouTube declared automatic demonetization
74. YouTube Is Demonetizing Coronavirus Videos Under Its Long-Standing “Sensitive Events” Policy
75. YouTube To Stream This Year’s Brandcast Due To Coronavirus, As NewFronts Recommends Other Presenters Do The Same
76. YouTube’s New Subscriber Notification Metrics Show Creators Exactly How Many Are (And Aren’t) Sent Per Upload
77. YouTube TV Drops 3 Fox Regional Sports Networks Amid Contract Kerfuffle With Sinclair
78. YouTube To Introduce Themed Content Shelves Within Nascent ‘/Fashion’ Hub
79. Bernie Sanders’ Social Video Lead Shrinks As Joe Biden Overtakes Delegate Count
80. Spotify is working on voice activation for its apps: You’ll be able to summon the app with ‘Hey Spotify’.
81. Spotify rolls out a more personalized home screen to users worldwide
82. Spotify Unveils New Radar Global Emerging Artist Program
83. Spotify, Amazon to Argue Against Songwriter Rate Hike in Court of Appeals
84. Instagram Reportedly Toying With ‘Video Response’ Feature For IGTV
85. Netflix Continues To Release CYOA Content, Doesn’t Refer To It As ‘CYOA’…For Now
86. The Obamas’ Next Netflix Feature To Tackle Refugee Crisis With Russo Brothers
87. Sonos decides bricking old stuff isn’t a winning move after all: Software support for the products is ending, but you can still pass them along.
88. You Don’t Own What You Buy Episode 9,000: Philips’ Light Bulbs Lose Functionality
89. eBay bans sale of masks and hand sanitizer over gouging concerns
90. Microsoft asks employees to work from home over coronavirus fears
91. City of Austin cancels SXSW 2020, citing COVID-19 concerns
92. Apple, Netflix, WarnerMedia, and LinkedIn pull out of SXSW appearances
93. Apple warns staff of product shortages, but IT workers have already seen them
94. Apple’s new App Store policies fight spam and abuse but also allow ads in notifications
95. Hulu’s live TV doesn’t work on T-Mobile home Internet
96. .eu domain names, the transition period and update on GDPR restricted ICANN registrant data
97. The grandfather of distributed computing projects, SETI@home, shuts down
98. Interaction Between Privacy and Competition Law in a Digital Economy Part-2
99. The economic cost of major tech events canceled due to coronavirus has passed $1 billion: Some of the industry’s biggest events have been postponed, moved online, or canceled altogether.
100. Kiva Partners With Mari Malek, Shahrzad Rafati And Others To Redefine What A “Powerful Woman” Is And Drive Loans To Over 12,000 Women During International Women’s Day
101. 16 women in tech who are driving BC forward
102. Deported By Silicon Valley
103. Ancient animistic beliefs live on in our intimacy with tech
104. Voluntary Parting Exclusion Bars Coverage for Social Engineering Scheme
105. Administering Estates With Digital Assets
106. Environmental activism goes digital in lockdown – but could it change the movement for good?
107. Chinese beauty bloggers: amateurs, entrepreneurs, and platform labour (Zexu Guan)
108. How Dictators Control the Internet: A Review Essay (Eda Keremoglu, Nils Weidmann)
109. Disruption, embedded. A Polanyian framing of the platform economy (Gernot Grabher)

A.I.

1. ACLU Sues ICE Over Its Deliberately-Broken Immigrant ‘Risk Assessment’ Software
2. AI Company Has Access To Pretty Much Every Piece Of Surveillance Tech The State Of Utah Owns
3. Much ado about Clearview: Facial recognition is here to stay
4. Engineer at the center of Waymo/Uber legal battle declares bankruptcy
5. Blog: Designing the enemy AI of The Division 2
6. Does my AI own the IP that it creates? If not, who?
7. The Social Life of Robots: The Politics of Algorithms, Governance, and Sovereignty
8. Political warfare in the digital age: cyber subversion, information operations and ‘deep fakes’ (Thomas Paterson, Lauren Hanley)
9. The Robots Are Coming: Ethics, Politics, and Society in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Kenneth Taylor)
10. The Social Lives of Generative Adversarial Networks (Michael Castelle)

COMMUNICATIONS

1. The Cancon Conundrum: Why Policies to Promote “Canadian Stories” Need an Overhaul (Michael Geist)
2. Bains’ Other Wireless Affordability Problem: The Broadcast Panel Plan for WhatsApp, Skype and Other Internet Services to Pay Canadian Broadband Taxes (Michael Geist)
3. A CRTC Without the West: Why an MP Is Calling a Broadcast Panel Recommendation “Discriminatory” and Warning it Could Further Alienate Western Canada (Michael Geist)
4. FCC Proposes Over $200 Million in Fines to Big Four Wireless Carriers for Allegedly Selling Customer Data Without Safeguards
5. FCC Proposes Over $200 Million in Fines to AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint for Not Protecting Customers’ Location Data
6. Cable Sector Likely To Freak Out At New Service That Streamlines Streaming TV Password Sharing
7. Congress Forces FCC To Go Beyond Its Tame, ‘Voluntary’ Anti-Robocalling Plan
8. AT&T Can’t Get Out Of Its Own Way As It Tries To ‘Disrupt’ Traditional TV
9. Comcast, Charter expand broadband domination as cable hits 67% market share: Cable soars again as telcos fail to deploy enough fiber to offset DSL losses.
10. Comcast accidentally published 200,000 “unlisted” phone numbers
11. FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan didn’t work out
12. FCC Opens Proceeding to Reinvigorate Opportunities for TV White Space Devices
13. ICO Issues Record Fine for Nuisance Calls
14. Huawei expects a 20% drop in phone sales, thanks to lack of Google apps
15. Wireless Carriers Are Training Consumers To Equate “5G” With Bluster And Empty Promises

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. How Explaining Copyright Broke the YouTube Copyright System
2. NYU Law School’s Video Teaching Copyright Completely Flummoxed YouTube’s Copyright Filters
3. Protective Orders Alive and Well in Canadian IP Litigation: The Federal Court of Appeal has recently put to rest concerns about the availability of “protective orders” in IP litigation.
4. Managing Canadian Trademark Applications Under CIPO’s New Restrictions on Extensions of Time
5. Led Zeppelin wins latest battle in Stairway to Heaven legal fight
6. 9th Circuit Gets It Right: Says Led Zeppelin Didn’t Infringe; Dumps Dumb ‘Inverse Ratio’ Rule
7. Ninth Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Judgment for Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven
8. Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin: 9th Cir. reinstates jury verdict that Stairway to Heaven did not infringe copyright to song Taurus, ruling that sound recordings of Taurus were properly excluded at trial.
9. Ninth Circuit Watch: En Banc Court Overturns Rule That a High Degree of Access to Copyrighted Material Reduces Plaintiff’s Burden to Show Substantial Similarity
10. Fantasies About a Formula for Fair Use
11. Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Litigation Update: Virtual Immersion Technologies Litigations
12. Hugo Boss – aka comedian Joe Lycett – takes on Hugo Boss
13. In New 5Pointz Decision, Second Circuit Concludes That VARA Trumps The Constitution
14. Street artists spray paint legal victory across walls
15. No success for Questor in its quest for an injunction
16. NFL Gets Shopify To Take Down Clear NY Jets Parody Merch Site With Trademark Complaint
17. A Bite in the Apple: Apple Inc. v. California Institute of Technology, Appeal Nos. 2019-1580, -1581 (Fed. Cir., March 5, 2020)
18. Gender inequality — How many patent offices does it take to fix a leaky pipeline?
19. It might be good enough to eat, but is your product good enough to protect?
20. Software Can Make Non-Abstract Improvements to Computer Technology Just as Hardware Can (But Didn’t Here)
21. Haptic feedback assisted text manipulation: technical
22. UK opts out of Unified Patent Court regime
23. UK will not be part of the Unified Patent Court or Unitary Patent system
24. Will I be able to enforce my European intellectual property rights in the UK?
25. Key Estate Planning Considerations for Individuals with Intellectual Property (Part III: Patents)
26. Key IP trends to watch for in 2020
27. Intellectual Property Protection Strategies for Successful Business in the US and Canada
28. Intellectual Property Issues for Foreign Enterprises Acquiring Chinese Companies
29. Mastering the patent application process
30. Publicity Rights and Its Scope in Intellectual Property Laws

PRIVACY

1. Vermont sues Clearview, alleging “oppressive, unscrupulous” practices
2. Clearview Sued By Vermont Attorney General For Violating The State’s Privacy Laws
3. Justice Department Issues Guidance on Online Intelligence Gathering for Cybersecurity
4. Proposed US law is “Trojan horse” to stop online encryption, critics say
5. Porn, gore, and gambling habits aired in Virgin Media breach
6. Some mobile ad-blockers and VPNs siphoning user data, report finds
7. Intel SGX is vulnerable to an unfixable flaw that can steal crypto keys and more
8. UK Government announces plans to strengthen the security of internet-connected devices
9. Vegas Casinos Are “Cash Only” After Suspected Ransomware Attack
10. 5 years of Intel CPUs and chipsets have a concerning flaw that’s unfixable
11. The Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity: key challenges and new regulation
12. Hackers can clone millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia keys
13. What percentage of websites actually deploy a cookie banner?
14. What percentage of websites utilize a banner that seeks opt-in consent before deploying cookies?
15. Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks Related to the Coronavirus
16. GDPR-ish Wisconsin Privacy Bills Go Together Like Beer, Bratwurst and Polka
17. Austria, EU privacy and the ongoing Schrems v Facebook case
18. Expect Increased Privacy Regulatory Enforcement in 2020
19. Ad Industry Split on Cookies and CCPA
20. The end of anonymity

CREATIVITY   

1. Radio Hosts Aren’t Liable for Online Attacks Against Beleaguered Referee–Higgins v. Kentucky Sports Radio (Eric Goldman)
2. Lt. Governor Of Texas Gets Offended By An Anti-Police Shirt, Decides He Needs To Start Violating The First Amendment
3. UK ASA Bans Coronavirus-Related Ad for Causing “Serious and Widespread Offense”
4. Sen. Wyden And Rep. Khanna Introduce Bill That Would Protect Journalists And Whistleblowers From Bogus Espionage Prosecutions
5. Japan Approves New Law To Make Manga Piracy A Criminal Offense
6. False Advertising: What You Need to Know
7. New York Court Halts Dog Food False Ad Suit
8. Tate’s racy exhibition debuts Aubrey Beardsley’s double-sided painting
9. Art fair drops New York dealer for inciting coronavirus prejudice
10. Do Your Sponsorship Agreements Address Event Cancellation?
11. Creative industries shocked by UK withdrawal from £1.3 billion EU arts fund
12. Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature – Part 1
13. Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature – Part 2
14. Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature – Part 3

GAMES

1. Take-Two: Another step in the High Court’s battle against cheating in video games
2. Bold: Matthew Storman, Sans Lawyer, Counter Sues Nintendo For False Allegation Of Copyright Infringement
3. Joy-Con drift lawsuit denied dismissal, but referred to arbitration: 18 plaintiffs have joined suit against Nintendo, claiming unfair and deceptive business practices
4. Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift class action lawsuit paused as case moves to arbitration
5. Australian Parliamentary committee recommends loot box regulation: Also suggests mandatory age verification for purchases toward any simulated gambling elements in games
6. Bungie will no longer sell randomized loot boxes in Destiny 2: Bright Engrams will still be available through the game’s free season pass
7. APA warns against linking violent video games to real-world violence
8. APA: Video games’ link to aggression doesn’t tie games to violent behavior
9. APA reaffirms stance on video games and violent behaviour: “Attributing violence to video gaming is not scientifically sound and draws attention away from other factors,” says APA president
10. ESA’s Game Generation leads us down a dark path of denial | Opinion: Amid threats of regulation, the games industry still fails to recognise the importance of honesty and transparency
11. How to approach mental health issues in the workplace: Games studios championing mental health awareness tell the GamesIndustry.biz Academy about how to support and safeguard your staff’s emotional well-being
12. 2K Games is the latest publisher to pull games from GeForce Now
13. 2K pens deal with the NFL to develop multiple new football games
14. The next “NFL2K” won’t be a simulation—here’s what that might mean
15. Mod.io raises $1 million to help game devs support user-generated content
16. Tim Sweeney says Epic will throw support behind Nvidia GeForce Now
17. Nvidia’s GeForce Now loses 2K games, gains Epic support: Another publisher pulls from streaming service as Tim Sweeney declares it most “developer and publisher-friendly” option
18. Epic Games Store adds wishlists: Steam’s biggest rival adds essential marketing tool for independent developers
19. Unity acquires AI-driven art software company and ArtEngine maker Artomatix
20. Unity acquires Artomatix: Engine maker picks up creator of ArtEngine AI-assisted art tool promising time-saving texture techniques
21. 2K partners with the NFL to create multiple, non-simulation football titles: Publisher looks to create football games that are “accessible and approachable” to a broader audience
22. Playing To Win: The Post-Alice Video Game Patent Landscape
23. A video game is being used to help fight coronavirus: “We’re calling on YOU to help design antiviral proteins against coronavirus.
24. Pay to watch play: Florida DOR concludes that video game streaming site subscriptions are subject to Florida communications services tax
25. Learning the lessons of the PlayStation 2 | Opinion: Twenty years after it arrived in Japan, the most successful console of all time still has lessons that are relevant to the industry today
26. Horizon Zero Dawn confirmed for PC: But PlayStation committed to dedicated consoles
27. First-party PlayStation exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn arrives on PC this summer
28. The world’s only known Nintendo PlayStation has sold for $300,000 [Updated]
29. UK Charts: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon debuts at No.1: Nintendo Switch remake beats out Call of Duty Modern Warfare
30. Call of Duty: Warzone offers a free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale mode
31. Pokémon Sword and Shield remain top-sellers in Japan months after release: Persona 5 Scramble – The Phantom Strikers tops Japanese charts for February with over 160,000 units sold at retail
32. PlatinumGames raises over $2.2m for The Wonderful 101 Remastered: Kickstarter campaign closes well above $50k goal
33. Sega invests in music startup Flutin: Sonic publisher’s efforts to expand into other areas of entertainment continue with indie artist discovery app
34. Steam Labs’ latest addition is a dedicated News Hub for news and events
35. Apex Legends dev says Forge stab-and-switch was meant to foil data miners 
36. Disruptor Beam lays off devs as it transitions to a game tech provider
37. Disruptor Beam lays off nine as it pivots away from game development: Final game project canceled, company to focus solely on Disruptor Engine platform
38. Game Informer non-editorial staff hit by layoffs: Business unit restructuring sees long-time publisher Cathy Preston retire as six others lose jobs
39. Coronavirus delays TG-16 Mini launch, are PS5 and Xbox Series X next?
40. E3 2020 cancelled due to ‘overwhelming’ coronavirus concerns
41. E3 2020 has been canceled
42. Xbox plans digital event to replace E3 conference
43. Microsoft confirms more Xbox Series X details: Console will feature quick resume for multiple games, 12 teraflops GPU, first-party games can be bought once and played on Xbox One or Series X
44. Xbox boss calls for greater transparency on key issues: Phil Spencer says the industry should lead public discussion of problems like crunch and “game loops that are exploitative”
45. E3 cancelled: Troubled event postponed due to coronavirus concerns
46. E3 2020 Canceled After ‘Overwhelming Concerns’ About Coronavirus
47. TurboGrafx-16 Mini indefinitely delayed due to coronavirus: Impact on manufacturing and shipping in China means Konami’s classic console will not arrive this month as planned
48. Take-Two CEO: COVID-19 may make believers out of remote work skeptics in games
49. Elite developer Frontier now making F1 management games: Gear change.
50. HTC hosting conference in virtual reality to mitigate coronavirus risk: This year’s Vive Ecosystem Conference will have ‘cloned rooms’ so no limit for attendance
51. Bungie activates remote work policy in response to COVID-19 outbreak
52. Microsoft aims to give hourly staff their full pay despite COVID-19 cutbacks
53. Microsoft asks employees to work from home over coronavirus fears: Nintendo also encourages remote working for staff based in Washington and California
54. Streamline: COVID-19 will delay games and not just consoles – Reliance on Chinese outsourcing for game development is likely to cause delayed launches, says Streamline Media Group CEO Alexander Fernandez
55. COVID-19: Bungie activates remote work policy – “This includes delivering on our current content plans, the maintenance and upkeep of Destiny 2, as well as continuing development of the game,” says developer
56. GDC offers talks for free following event cancellation: Previously-accepted talks will be streamed via Twitch next week, and archived for free in the coming weeks
57. Game Developers Conference 2020 announces virtual awards and talk schedule 
58. Salvaging the opportunites lost by GDC’s cancellation: We speak to the people offering financial relief to indies, or alternatives for those forced to still travel to San Francisco
59. Game Informer lays off 6 staff in restructure as publisher Cathy Preston retires
60. Activision Blizzard cancels March and April Overwatch League events over COVID-19
61. Mojang and EA cancel live events in response to COVID-19: Minecraft Festival cancellation joined by Apex Legends and FIFA 20 esport events
62. Game Connection America 2020 postponed due to COVID-19 concerns: Last-minute decision made following updated health recommendations from San Francisco leadership
63. Psyonix cancels Rocket League World Championship over coronavirus concerns: Remainder of Season 9 League will play as scheduled, but all broadcast coverage will be completely online
64. Esports Players League raises $1m in seed round: 500 Startups led investment in the amateur-focused esports firm
65. WME Hires 2 Former FaZe Clan Execs As Gaming Agents
66. FaZe Clan Teases New Los Angeles Mansion With Rumored $10 Million Pricetag
67. PUBG CEO reportedly will also lead parent group Krafton Game Union
68. Pokimane Becomes Twitch’s Latest Talent Lock-In With Multiyear Exclusive Livestreaming Deal
69. Twitch streamers make thousands by literally just sleeping
70. GameOn Technology scores $10.5 million in financing for sports and gaming chat platform
71. Report: Twitch viewership drops, while YouTube and Facebook Gaming rise
72. TinyBuild says traditional indie publishing unsustainable, opens new studio with HakJak
73. GameStop’s concept stores: A “laboratory,” not a Hail Mary: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the gaming retailer is taking its time trialing new, interactive store experiences focused on the local community
74. Reggie Fils-Aimé to join GameStop board of directors
75. Discord loosens streaming limits to help teams work remote during COVID-19
76. Frontier Developments signs exclusive license for multiple F1 management games: A total of four games are planned, with the first anticipated in F1’s 2022 racing season
77. Building Ori and the Will of the Wisps with 80 people working from home: Moon Studios’ Thomas Mahler reveals the challenges and solutions to managing a distributed development team
78. HBO, PlayStation announce Last of Us TV series—the “first of many shows”
79. Writing, directing, and designing FMV censorship simulator Not for Broadcast
80. The Last of Us is being adapted into an HBO series: Creative director Neil Druckmann onboard as executive producer with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin
81. Annapurna signs multi-year deal with Simogo: Sayonara Wild Hearts publisher and developer re-team to make more games across all platforms
82. The Strong Museum and Kongregate partner to preserve Flash games
83. Team17’s full-year profits rise to £30m: Indie publisher enjoyed record growth in 2019, expanded headcount to 200
84. Playrix acquires Armenian casual mobile game developer Plexonic
85. Call of Duty: Mobile devs scrap Zombies mode due to quality concerns
86. Activision unveils standalone Call of Duty battle royale: Warzone launches tomorrow, will be free-to-play with microtransactions including $10 battle pass
87. That time Activision dishonorably discharged Call of Duty’s star dev duo – 10 Years Ago This Month: Jason West and Vince Zampella were marched out of Infinity Ward right into the eager arms of EA
88. Call of Duty’s free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale launches March 10
89. Fortnite removes abusable “legacy” aim assist for controller players: Tracking hidden players with “left trigger spam” will soon be a thing of the past.
90. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is getting a live action adaptation courtesy of HBO
91. An upcoming UI tweak will make The Outer Worlds infinitely more accessible
92. Bethesda wants to bring humanity to Fallout 76 through NPCs: Wastelanders designer Ferret Baudoin on why a game populated with real people needs fake ones for a more human experience
93. How an unlikely Tencent project is helping China’s indie scene
94. “Where should you put your time in marketing? Fun fact: emails”: Crows Crows Crows founder on how an email newsletter became a more effective marketing tool than Twitter, Facebook and Instagram combined
95. Conducting the interactive opera of Evergreen Blues: David Su and Dominique Star on the musical design of their free, co-op song suite
96. Creative Chronicles: A balancing post-mortem of Total War Three Kingdoms – GamesIndustry.biz Academy &  Creative Assembly to publish its Creative Chronicles video series, today focusing on strategy game balancing
97. Creative Chronicles: tutorials and insights into game development – Total War developer Creative Assembly share its tips on all aspects of building games, in its game development tutorial series Creative Chronicles
98. Op-ed: The upsides, downsides, and future of AAA game development
99. Blog: Making particles twice as fast through cache optimization
100. Blog: How I built a game studio from the ground up
101. Don’t Miss: The shape of God of War III
102. Don’t Miss: A Game Design Deep Dive into Amnesia’s ‘Sanity Meter’
103. Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Litigation Update: Virtual Immersion Technologies Litigations
104. How ‘classical game mechanics’ and physics converge in VR hit Boneworks
105. U.S. Patent no. 10,286,299: Transitioning gameplay on a head-mounted display
106. U.S. Patent no. 10,286,307: Game controller with removable faceted finger pad

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Data shows who was reading “fake news” before 2016 US election
2. Spanish Government Moves Ahead With First ‘Fake News’ Prosecution
3. Reddit Cofounder Steve Huffman Calls TikTok “Spyware” That’s “Fundamentally Parasitic”
4. How Information on the Coronavirus is Managed on Chinese Social Media
5. How Hackers and Spies Could Sabotage the Coronavirus Fight: Intelligence services have a long history of manipulating information on health issues, and an epidemic is especially tempting for interference.
6. Turns Out Most People Still Don’t Hate ‘Big Internet’ As Much As Politicians And The Media Want Them To
7. Defeating Tech Giants With Open Protocols, Interoperability, And Shared Stewardship
8. Did Apple throttle your iPhone? Settlement will give you a whopping $25
9. Apple can’t break up with China, Wall Street Journal report argues
10. It’s not just ‘big tech’ that should be wary of regulatory changes
11. Everyone agrees: Facebook, Twitter should block disinfo—but probably won’t
12. 8chan Founder, Who Has Denounced The Site, Now Facing ‘Criminal Cyberlibel’ Charges From Current Owner
13. Facebook Gives Thumbs Up to Sponsored Content by Politicians
14. Facebook Announces Restrictions on Coronavirus-Related Ads
15. Facebook Messenger is getting a much simpler new design: Chatbots and games are gone as part of a broader streamlining of Messenger
16. Who’s Afraid of the IRS? Not Facebook.: Social media behemoth is about to face off with the tax agency in a rare trial. But onerous budget cuts have hamstrung the agency’s ability to bring the case.
17. Facebook Files Anti-SLAPP Motion Against Defunct App Developer Who Sued Over Revamp Of Facebook’s App Platform
18. Facebook cancels F8 conference over coronavirus fears
19. Facebook denies reports it is backing away from Libra cryptocurrency
20. Cisco: Avoid coronavirus, stay home, use Webex
21. Google cancels I/O developer conference amid coronavirus concerns
22. Fantasy Baseball Players Sue MLB, Houston Astros, and Boston Red Sox
23. Twitter’s New Investor Wants To Replace CEO Jack Dorsey
24. Twitter’s newest major investor wants to oust CEO Jack Dorsey
25. Twitter Introduces ‘Fleets,’ Its Years-Late Version Of The Stories Format
26. Twitter is testing ephemeral tweets in Brazil and calling them ‘fleets’: Snapchat Stories finally arrive on Twitter
27. Snapchat’s Speed Filter Protected by Section 230–Lemmon v. Snap (Eric Goldman)
28. Defendants Keep Getting Arbitration Despite the Anarchy in Online Contract Formation Doctrine (Eric Goldman)
29. YouTube Isn’t a State Actor (DUH)–PragerU v. Google (Eric Goldman)
30. Yelp Finally Defeats a False Advertising Lawsuit Over Its Review Functionality–Demetriades v. Yelp (Eric Goldman)
31. Pricing and the online channel
32. Microsoft expects to miss Q3 targets due to coronavirus: Supply chain returning to normal at a “slower pace than anticipated”
33. Amazon Removes More Than One Million Products for Inflated Prices or False Coronavirus Claims
34. Amazon’s New Grocery Store Is Watching Our Every Move. But We Asked For This.
35. Making History at Amazon: If they can disrupt the supply chain, Amazon workers could transform an industry that constitutes one of the commanding heights of the twenty-first-century economy.
36. Tech firms push telework as Amazon employee confirmed with coronavirus
37. Quibi Closes $750 Millon Round, Bringing Total Funds Raised To $1.75 Billion
38. Quibi Closes Upsized $750 Million Second Round of Funding for Mobile-Video Launch
39. LinkedIn tests Stories feature to be like Snapchat too: Even LinkedIn is copying Snapchat now.
40. Supreme Court Decides Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma
41. Food Delivery Drivers Open to Unionization – Expanding Labour Relations to E-commerce
42. How e-commerce platforms get drawn into global war on counterfeit goods
43. Mind the Wrapping: Ensuring the Validity of Online Agreements
44. Can YouTube Quiet Its Conspiracy Theorists?
45. YouTube’s Plan to Stop Recommending Conspiracy Theory Videos Is Actually Working
46. YouTube Is Considering Letting Creators Sell Their Own Ads
47. YouTube May Allow Content Creators to Sell Ad Space on their Own Videos
48. BTS Shatters Record For Biggest YouTube ‘Premiere’ With 1.54 Million Concurrent Viewers
49. Meghan Rienks Says Her Channel Has Been Hacked, Rebranded For 2 Months Amid Idle Response From YouTube
50. YouTube Rolls Out Kids App To 11 More Countries
51. YouTube TV Is Dropping YES Network, Fox Sports Networks
52. After 109,000 Video Removal Appeals Last Quarter, YouTube Says It Reinstated 22%
53. YouTube’s New Subscriber Notification Metrics Show Creators Exactly How Many Are (And Aren’t) Sent Per Upload
54. Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 3/02/2020
55. FX launches on Hulu, offering over 40 shows and originals`
56. Netflix Takes The Stage With First-Ever Live Comedy Festival Featuring Wanda Sykes, Jane Fonda, David Letterman, More
57. Vine Successor ‘Byte’ To Launch Pooled Monetization Program On April 15
58. Abrams Artists Signs TikTok Stars Avani Gregg, Andre Swilley, And Tayler Holder
59. Chipotle Says Its #Boorito TikTok Campaign Got 3.9 Billion Views In 4 Months. But What Exactly Does TikTok Count As A “View”?
60. TikTok Owner ByteDance Launches Resso App in India, Taking on Spotify
61. MTV’s New Digital Series Sees Sneaker Influencers Compete In Customization Battles
62. FTC Guidelines: Possible Civil Penalties to Deter Deceptive Influencer Marketing
63. The Influencer Industry: Constructing and Commodifying Authenticity on Social Media (Emily Hund)
64. Actor Steven Seagal Settles With SEC Over Improper Endorsements
65. Emma Chamberlain Unveils Reimagined Podcast With Broader Focus: ‘Anything Goes’
66. Casey Neistat Joins Advisory Board For Social Stock Market Investment Startup ‘Public’
67. New Platform Taki Lets Digital Creators Share Their Skills With Fans Through Custom Commissioned Videos (Exclusive)
68. Spotify tries making its app easier to use in latest update
69. Kevin Hart’s LOL Forges Multi-Year Deal With ‘Advertising Week’ For Podcast, Branded Studio, Event Integrations
70. Yelp Names And Shames Business Buying Reviews
71. Endeavor Invests In Latest $13 Million Round For Creator Marketplace ‘Tongal’
72. PetNet ‘Smart’ Pet Feeders Go Offline For A Week, Customer Service Completely Breaks Down
73. Bernie Sanders Captures Commanding Social Video Lead Among Democratic Hopefuls
74. Bogus Automated Copyright Claims By CBS Blocked Super Tuesday Speeches By Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, And Joe Biden
75. European Commission’s communication on the European digital agenda: shaping Europe’s digital future
76. Maryland hearing on Digital Advertising Tax highlights problems, hints at amendments
77. The Evolution of E-Money: What Is In A Definition?
78. Regulators Unveil Guidance On Best Practices for Internet Vehicle Sales

A.I.

1. The pope’s plan to fight back against evil AI: The Vatican’s interest in artificial intelligence isn’t new, but pay attention to the tech companies that are joining along.
2. AI has no personality: EPO rules that an AI machine cannot be an inventor in patent applications
3. How do you keep an AI’s behavior from becoming predictable?
4. Bringing Washington D.C. to life: The AI of The Division 2
5. Big Data promises better deals. But for whom?
6. AI Outlook: Europe initiates AI regulation introducing the principle of trustworthy AI
7. European Commission Unveils Bold European Approach to AI Regulation
8. SEC Issues Guidance on International Intellectual Property and Technology Risks
9. Ars Technicast special edition, part 3: Putting AI to work defending your stuff
10. Chinese Hospitals Deploy AI to Help Diagnose Covid-19
11. Machine Learning Patentability in 2019: 5 Cases Analyzed and Lessons Learned Part 3
12. Two New California Laws Tackle Deepfake Videos in Politics and Porn
13. Patenting Artificial Intelligence and quantum technologies
14. Social work thinking for UX and AI design
15. OPC Consults on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
16. New entry in commercial quantum computing, using entirely different tech

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Ontario’s Record Breaking, Multi-Billion Dollar Film Production Year: “A Healthy Balance Between Domestic and Foreign Production” (Michael Geist)
2. The CUSMA Culture Poison Pill: Why the Broadcast Panel Report Could Lead to Millions in Tariff Retaliation (Michael Geist)
3. Clarence Thomas Regrets Brand X Decision That Paved Way For The Net Neutrality Wars
4. FCC issues wrist-slap fines to carriers that sold your phone-location data
5. FCC To Dole Out Some Dainty Wrist Slaps For Wireless Carrier Location Data Scandals
6. T-Mobile Cares So Much About Consumer Privacy, It’s Fighting The FCC’s Flimsy Fine For Location Data Sharing
7. Right On Cue, Post-Merger T-Mobile Layoffs Begin
8. T-Mobile conducts layoffs as it prepares to complete Sprint merger
9. DOJ Sues Telecommunications Operators Over Robocalls
10. New Charges Leveled Against Huawei, et al.
11. Congress gives small ISPs $1 billion to rip out Huawei, ZTE network gear
12. Many of Cable TV’s Dumbest Habits Will Make The Leap To Streaming
13. AT&T’s new online TV has contracts, hidden fees, big 2nd-year price hike
14. Struggling AT&T plans “tens of billions” in cost cuts, more layoffs
15. FCC Proposes Over $200 Million in Fines Against “Big 4” Carriers for Failing to Protect Consumer Location Data
16. FCC chair reportedly seeks fines for carrier sharing of location data
17. FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Looking to Allow Higher Power and Greater Height for Unlicensed White Space Devices Operating in the TV Bands
18. Old Media Content – Not Dead Yet
19. Telemedicine and the Coronavirus Crisis: Key Legal Issues for Providers to Consider

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Can someone copyright every possible melody? (Andres Guadamuz)
2. Simple Solutions Simply Don’t Suffice to Solve the Slew of Song Infringement Substantial Similarity Suits
3. Castillo v. G&M Realty L.P.: 2nd Circuit affirms $6.75 million damages against property owner for painting over   graffiti art at 5Pointz exhibition, ruling that works were protected under Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990.
4. Second Circuit Affirms $6.7M VARA Judgment for Aerosol Artists
5. United Kingdom: Court of Appeal Clarifies When a Work is a Product of Joint Authorship
6. Netflix argues ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ has become a generic term
7. Netflix Seeks Cancellation Of “Choose Your Own Adventure” Trademark
8. Court Dismisses Author’s Claim that TV Series “Billions” Copied Her Work – No Substantial Similarity Under Any Applicable Test
9. The Vatican Apostolic Library enters the digital age – and promptly asserts copyright
10. Bobby Brown’s Claims for the Use of His Name and Likeness Not His Prerogative
11. Copyright Registration – A Prerequisite to a Copyright Infringement Suit
12. Landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Digital Exhaustion in the Tom Kabinet Case
13. Clash of IP and competition to pharma’s detriment? The CJEU’s decision in the GSK case
14. Google v. Oracle – Copyright Battle of the Tech Titans
15. Breaking Down the Briefing in Google v. Oracle: Petitioner’s Brief
16. Four major factors at play in the Google-Oracle IP rights dispute
17. U.S. Copyright Office: Renewal of DMCA Designated Agent Required for DMCA Safe Harbor
18. Fifth Circuit Tosses Statutory Damages Award, Reinforcing the Importance of Early Copyright Registration
19. Geo-blocking of copyright protected content: The elephant in the room
20. Copyright: protection of designs as copyright works
21. Who Owns the Copyright? Work-Made-For-Hire Edition
22. Move to terminate Paramount Decrees may effect IP in the film industry
23. UK confirms withdrawal from the Unitary Patent
24. The UK will not be part of the UPC, Prime Minster’s Office confirms to IAM
25. The European unified patent court – a Brexit casualty?
26. Federal Court of Appeal remands REMICADE new use patent decision on anticipation and obviousness
27. A Practical Guide to the transition to Canada’s new Patent Act and Rules
28. Music – First Sale Doctrine, Fair Use and Protectability
29. Key Estate Planning Considerations for Individuals with IP (Part I: Introduction & Copyrights)
30. The Past and Future of Canada’s Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft – Part I
31. The Past and Future of Canada’s Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft – Part II
32. Intellectual Property Outlook: Cases and Trends to Follow in 2020 – PART 3
33. Banking on Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Banking
34. Millennium and Janssen seek leave from Supreme Court in Section 8 bortezomib case
35. Architects’ copyright
36. The Future of Patent Research
37. Senator Thom Tillis Pushed Awful Patent Reform Idea Last Year; Now Looks To Top It With Awful Copyright Reform This Year

PRIVACY

1. State Actors Are Increasingly Targeting Journalists With Surveillance Malware
2. “We Don’t Have Any Specific Analysis”: CUSMA Negotiators Surprising Admission On Key Privacy Issues (Michael Geist)
3. HTTPS for all: Let’s Encrypt reaches one billion certificates issued
4. Hoping To Combat ISP Snooping, Mozilla Enables Encrypted DNS
5. State Court Says It Isn’t Theft To Remove An Unmarked Law Enforcement Tracking Device From Your Car
6. FBI And DOJ Personnel Confirm Agents Frequently Fudge Facts When Seeking FISA Warrants
7. From Wi-Fi to Spy-Fi—we test Plume’s new motion detection feature
8. Should Antitrust Laws Tackle Privacy Issues? DOJ and State AGs Continue Google Investigations in Response to Privacy Concerns
9. No, Google Isn’t Hiding Elizabeth Warren’s Emails To Promote Mayor Pete
10. Disruptionware II – The “Cyber Terminator” and What This New Threat Means to You and Your Data
11. How a hacker’s mom broke into prison—and the warden’s computer
12. Documents Show Clearview Is Selling Facial Recognition Tech To Retailers, Fitness Centers, And Human Rights Violators
13. More than 2,200 agencies and companies have tried Clearview, report finds
14. Clearview Is Handing Out Access To Dozens Of UK Entities, Setting Up Accounts For Congressional Reps
15. ‘Consumer Privacy Act’ Introduced in the Land of Lincoln
16. The Washington Privacy Act Is Back
17. Stealing advanced nations’ Mac malware isn’t hard. Here’s how one hacker did it
18. Year in Review: Federal Privacy Enforcement Summarized
19. The Year of Record Penalties: The Federal Trade Commission’s 2019 Privacy & Data Security Update
20. 2019 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Year in Review
21. What’s scarier than hosts gone rogue? Westworld’s idea for privacy laws

CREATIVITY   

1. I Wish More Countries ‘Stole’ Our Movies
2. Sixth Circuit: Criticizing Refs Is Protected Speech, Even If Lots Of Sports Fans Are A-holes
3. Court Dismisses Defamation Claim Against Crain Communications
4. The Law Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings: 9th Circuit Slams Prager University For Its Silly Lawsuit Against YouTube
5. Trump Campaign Files Laughably Stupid SLAPP Suit Over A NY Times Opinion Piece
6. Another Day, Another Bogus SLAPP Suit From Devin Nunes And Steven Biss
7. Watchdog Group Asks Congressional Ethics Office To Investigate How Devin Nunes Is Paying For His Many SLAPP Suits
8. Shia LaBeouf Walks Into a Bar . . . And Ends Up Losing an Anti-Slapp Motion
9. NY Times Political Reporter Believes Telling Right From Wrong Is Beyond His Job Description; He’s Wrong
10. Mamadou Sakho allege that WADA is liable for negligence and defamation
11. Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism: Our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google – a digital behemoth crowding out the competition.
12. NBCUniversal Fined €14.3 Million as European Commission Completes Trilogy of Sales Restriction Cases
13. Unpaid Interns and a Lunch Order Gone Bad: Jury Returns FLSA Retaliation Verdict Against Martina McBride’s Production Company
14. Hollywood Action Star Settles SEC Charges for Failing to Disclose ICO Promotion Payments
15. The Tail of the Phillie Phanatic – The Hidden Underbelly of the New-Look Mascot
16. U.S. Immigration Considerations for Media and Entertainment Industries

GAMES

1. Plague Inc. pulled from Chinese App Store over ‘illegal’ content
2. Pandemic simulation game Plague Inc. pulled from iOS App Store in China
3. Statement on The Removal of Plague Inc. From the China App Store
4. Plague Inc. pulled from Chinese App Store: Developer Ndemic Creations says outbreak simulation game removed because it “includes content that is illegal in China”
5. China Bans ‘Plague Inc.’ Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
6. Zynga faces class action lawsuit over 2019 data breach
7. Zynga faces class action lawsuit over data breach: Plaintiffs warn that millions of users, including minors, will be at risk of fraud and identity theft “for years to come”
8. Grand Theft Auto cheat software; an infringement story
9. FaZe Clan Indefinitely Suspends Fortnite Star ‘Dubs’ For On-Stream Racial Slur
10. Smaller devs say they won’t back Stadia due to a lack of incentives
11. Google Stadia Lacks Games In Its Library, Isn’t Shelling Out For New Games
12. Modus Games’ narrative puzzler Lost Words becomes ‘First on Stadia’ exclusive
13. Google picks California as the home for its second Stadia studio
14. Stadia opens new studio in Playa Vista: Ex-Sony Santa Monica head Shannon Studstill will oversee a team creating exclusive games for Google’s streaming service
15. The Division 2 is headed to Stadia this month with PC cross-play
16. Real Property Dispute in a Virtual World
17. Hinterland Studio pulls The Long Dark from Nvidia GeForce Now
18. Nvidia didn’t ask permission to host The Long Dark on GeForce Now, says dev: Hinterland Studio becomes third game company to pull its content from fledgling streaming service
19. New publisher Ziggurat Interactive to revive dormant IP for PC and console: Company has access to over 140 titles from as far back the ’80s, first three games revealed
20. Why Destiny 2 is leaving cosmetic loot boxes behind and working to balance ‘FOMO’
21. China and Asia show their influence over the top grossing mobile games: Sensor Tower’s data for January 2020 underlines the commanding role Asian markets play in the global games industry
22. NetEase revenue and profits ride high on the back of diverse portfolio: World of Warcraft Classic drives WoW subscribers to record heights in China
23. Improbable’s losses rose 65% last year to £63.7 million: But SpatialOS developer says accounts do not reflect “major changes” that have taken place in the last nine months
24. Echo Fox admits to defamation charge in settlement: Esports organization agrees former general partner Rick Fox made false statements that harmed a co-founder and investor
25. FIFA pro is “done” after server issues force Rock, Paper, Scissors decision
26. FIFA 20 esports qualifiers decided by Rock, Paper, Scissors when players can’t connect: Another pro defaulted after he was unable to connect for three hours
27. EA is working with FIFA 20 players to test and fix connectivity issues
28. Torque Esports to operate Overwatch Collegiate League: Participating schools to compete for $40,000 in esports scholarships
29. Twitch To Surpass 40 Million Monthly U.S. Viewers Next Year, Report Finds
30. My.Games annual revenue spikes by 23% to $474m: Top-performing franchise Warface surpasses 85 million registered users
31. Roblox closes $150m funding round: Investment lead Andreessen Horowitz also tenders $350 million minority stake offer
32. Kwalee and the power of profit sharing: Pocketing the extra cash would have a “detrimental effect on the success of the company” says CEO David Darling
33. Games firms “have to be ready” to support employees with mental health issues: Safe In Our World’s Kim Parker-Adcock offers advice on how to cultivate a more understanding work environment
34. Six ways video game composers are missing out on money: Video game music is more accessible than ever before, but a lack of business knowledge among composers means money is being left on the table
35. UK Charts: Two Point Hospital debuts at No.2 – Call of Duty Modern Warfare returns to No.1
36. Free-to-play PS4 and PC game Let it Die surpasses 6 million downloads
37. Pokerist maker KamaGames grows revenue 18% to $90.4 million in 2019
38. Mobile studio FunCraft nets $1.8 million to push into casual market
39. What does $1M in Steam sales look like? Academia: School Simulator case study
40. GOG will now refund games within 30 days, even if they’ve been played
41. Labworks secures £500,000 investment for voice game subscription service: “The new service will be designed to cater for both gamers and the needs of wider sectors such as education and the visually impaired community”
42. TinyBuild and Guts & Glory dev HakJak open new studio in Idaho
43. TinyBuild opening new Boise studio with Guts and Glory developer: Former solo dev Jed “HakJak” Steen will build a team to make “a world-class emergent gameplay IP”
44. Tilting Point acquires Star Trek Timelines from Disruptor Beam
45. Tilting Point buys Star Trek Timelines from Disruptor Beam; Key team members will join Tilting Point to operate Timelines as Wicked Realms Games
46. Phoenix Games acquires Romanian live-ops company Studio Firefly
47. Zordix acquires mobile dev Invictus Games
48. Zordix acquires Invictus Games: Swedish publisher doubles in size with addition of Hungarian mobile developer
49. Blastlands: Team Combat dev Strange Quest is closing down
50. Next-gen will be “tectonic plates” shifting underneath marketers: Behaviour’s new chief marketer officer David Reid talks about how much the strategy of selling games has changed and the future of streaming
51. Designing the end of all Longing: Studio Seufz’s Anselm Pyta talks about his 400-day exploration/idle game, and the importance of time, empathy, and endings
52. Spellbreak beta stands out from the copycat battle royale crowd
53. GDC 2020 postponed: Organizers now intend to host a show in the summer after health concerns prompt numerous participants to drop out
54. GDC postponed to later in 2020 amid coronavirus cancellations [Updated]
55. Unity pulls out of GDC as coronavirus “presents too much risk”: Engine provider will no longer exhibit, plans to showcase its GDC content online
56. Amazon, Blizzard withdraw from GDC: Novel coronavirus concerns keeps more big names away from next month’s conference
57. The ESA is ‘actively assessing’ new COVID-19 info, but says E3 is still on
58. ESA moves ahead with E3 2020 despite coronavirus concerns – Update: Los Angeles declares state of emergency, E3 team “actively assessing” the situation
59. CCP calls off EVE Fanfest event over coronavirus concerns
60. Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay reveal: A huge leap past THAC0, early access in 2020
61. Nvidia switches GTC 2020 to online conference amid coronavirus concerns: Chip maker scraps in-person event due to take place in San Jose this month
62. Epic cancels Unreal Fest Europe 2020 due to coronavirus concerns 
63. Epic cancels Unreal Fest Europe: Following its withdrawal from GDC 2020, engine provider scraps its own event due to “uncertainty around health concerns and travel”
64. GamesFirst London 2020 and Google I/O cancelled: Organizers pull plug on events citing novel coronavirus concerns
65. Industry rallies to offer relief after GDC cancellation: Publishers, developers and trade bodies collaborate to raise funds for financially-stricken attendees
66. Final Fantasy VII Remake demo finally gets official, free release [Updated]
67. PlatinumGames: The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter wasn’t about the money – “We thought it would be a good opportunity to bring the fans together — to unite them — and gauge interest,” says executive director Atsushi Inaba
68. Autistica Play launches inclusive game jam: Charity hopes to show how games can be used to raise awareness and funds for research into the challenges autistic people face
69. The Great Divide: A look at Africa’s very different dev scenes – Creators discuss what separates the continent’s South and North from its East and West, and what unifies them
70. Iran video games timeline: from 1970 to 2019
71. War Stories: How Crash Bandicoot hacked the original PlayStation
72. Blog: Programming visual effects for Lightmatter
73. Blog: Designing the perfect video game tutorial
74. Blog: The secret AI testers inside The Division 22
75. Don’t Miss: How Game Freak designs the iconic monsters of Pokemon
76. Don’t Miss: Using the language of film & theater to entice new players in FMV game Erica
77. Don’t Miss: Reflections on the afterimage of Final Fantasy VII
78. Don’t Miss: Why multiplayer almost didn’t make it into Halo: Combat Evolved
79. Don’t Miss: Defining direction, writing, art and music on Yakuza 4
80. Video: Procedural level design in XCOM 2
81. Video: Understanding the illusion of choice in game design
82. Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to receive BAFTA Fellowship award
83. Control and Death Stranding lead BAFTA Games Awards 2020 nominations
84. Control and Death Stranding nominated for 11 BAFTAs each: Hideo Kojima to receive Fellowship as Death Stranding ties for most nominations in BAFTA Game Award history
85. Hideo Kojima to receive BAFTA Fellowship: BAFTA’s highest honour will be given to Metal Gear Solid’s creator at the Games Awards on April 2, 2020
86. Konami Code creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died: Publisher pays tribute to former programmer and producer
87. Erica dev Flavourworks nets $650,000 to further develop tactile FMV tech
88. Valve: Half-Life: Alyx is “not the end” of the franchise
89. Ten minutes of Half-Life: Alyx: The biggest VR goosebumps we’ve ever had
90. Half-Life’s mechanics are a ‘surprisingly natural fit for VR’ says Valve
91. VR 2020 — can Sony’s PlayStation catch PC in the virtual reality game?

Jon

DIGITAL

1. First Amendment doesn’t apply on YouTube; judges reject PragerU lawsuit: YouTube can restrict PragerU videos because it is a private forum, court rules.
2. Father Of Alison Parker Files FTC Complaint Against YouTube, Alleging It Refuses To Remove Videos Of Her Death
3. T-Series’ YouTube Channel Becomes First To Collect 100 Billion Views
4. YouTube Confirms Demonetization Of Controversial Vlogger JayStation, As He Announces Indefinite Hiatus
5. YouTube Reinstates Popular Music Streaming Channel ChilledCow After Fan Outcry
6. Section 230 Protects Zillow for Bogus Submissions of House Details–924 Bel Air v. Zillow (Eric Goldman)
7. Why Section 230 Matters And How Not To Break The Internet; DOJ 230 Workshop Review, Part I
8. Section 230 and Criminal Law; DOJ 230 Workshop Review, Part II
9. Barr’s Motives, Encryption and Protecting Children; DOJ 230 Workshop Review, Part III
10. Rep. Cicilline Wants To Remove Section 230 Protections For Platforms That Host ‘Demonstrably False’ Political Ads
11. Apple Pay under Competition Law scrutiny
12. Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS
13. Apple Maps expands its Street View competitor to Boston, DC, Philadelphia
14. Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
15. New Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone looks handsome, costs a ridiculous $1,300
16. UK Government Releases Details of New ‘Online Harms’ Regime for Online Platforms
17. UK Government’s Action Tackles Online Harms
18. EU’s new digital strategy targets data-hoarding tech firms
19. Digitalization, a high priority for Europe’s future – the European Commission showcases its new digital and AI strategy
20. European Commission Announces Strategy for Data, Artificial Intelligence and Competition in the Digital Age
21. CMA publishes interim report on online platforms and digital advertising
22. How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw: China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country. (Zeynep Tufekci)
23. China Expels Three Wall Street Journal Reporters: China’s Foreign Ministry says move was punishment for a recent opinion piece published by the Journal
24. US government agencies are banning TikTok, the social media app teens are obsessed with, over cybersecurity fears — here’s the full list
25. Amid Security Concerns, TSA Bans Employee Usage Of TikTok For Social Posts
26. Prada Taps TikTok Megastar Charli D’Amelio For Milan Fashion Week Appearance
27. Significant online defamation damages in Canada – are online platforms immune?‎
28. Attorney General William Barr Raises Concerns over ISP Immunity
29. The system is rigged against users: Another reason why getting compensated for data is not a good idea (Beatriz Botero Arcila)
30. Clickwrap Agreement: Consent or Not Consent, That Is A Question
31. Swinging the Vote?: Google’s black box algorithm controls which political emails land in your main inbox. For 2020 presidential candidates, the differences are stark.
32. Federal Circuit Finds Presence Of Google’s Cache Servers In The Eastern District Of Texas Does Not Justify Venue
33. 300 Oracle employees walk out over Ellison’s Trump fundraiser: The Trump administration just sided with Oracle in its legal battle with Google.
34. Report: 300 Oracle employees walk out over Ellison’s Trump fundraiser
35. Inside the Seething Boardroom Drama That Poisoned HQ Trivia: The app was America’s favorite gameshow until a toxic culture and co-founder feuding drove it off the air. Now, the CEO wants to bring it back.
36. Companies are stealing influencers’ faces
37. Federal Circuit Rules Presence of Google Servers in District Insufficient to Establish Venue
38. FTC Toughens Enforcement against Comparison Websites and Influence Marketers
39. FTC Seeking Public Comment on Revisions to Endorsement Guides
40. Get ready for price hikes up to 10% annually after sale of .org registry
41. The Drive-Thru Creator Problem: How Low-Quality Content Is Hurting Brands (And Creators)
42. Instagram influencer Natalia Taylor fakes Bali vacation with Ikea pics: Taylor wanted to remind people not everything they see on Instagram is the real deal.
43. Children’s Content Studio Pocket.Watch Unveils Kid-Centric Ad Agency ‘Clock.Work’
44. Tana Mongeau Debuts Second Season Of MTV Reality Series, Adding Trevor Moran To Primary Cast
45. Nickelodeon Nabs Social Star Annie LeBlanc For 13-Episode Linear Sitcom ‘Side Hustle’
46. Facebook Aims To Get 3.5 Billion People Online So That It Can Profit From Their Data
47. Facebook offers to pay users for their voice recordings
48. Facebook will now pay you for your voice recordings: But it won’t pay much
49. New Decade, New Facebook? Facebook Reaches $550 Million Settlement in Facial Recognition Class Action, Agrees to Upgrade Privacy Safeguards
50. Facebook Unveils Creator-Centric ‘Studio’ App For Upload Management, Video Analytics, More
51. Are Your Facebook Posts Discoverable? Application of the Forman Test in New York
52. WCB Seeks to Refresh Record in Restoring Internet Freedom Proceeding in Wake of D.C. Circuit’s Mozilla Decision
53. YouTube TV Adding HBO, HBO Max, Cinemax To Channel Lineup Come Spring
54. WarnerMedia, YouTube TV Expand Distribution Deal to HBO, Cinemax, HBO Max
55. YouTuber Partnerships Are Playing Big At This Year’s Toy Fair New York
56. The Dolan Twins’ ‘Love From Sean’ Cancer-Fighting Venture Raises Roughly $200,000 In 24 Hours
57. Tubular Labs Introduces New ‘Video Categories’ Tool, Co-Developed By Former Netflix Exec
58. Netflix’s Top 10: What Is It, And Why Has It Shown Up Now?
59. Fox Looking To Acquire Tubi For Reported $500 Million, As NBCUniversal Sets Sights On Vudu
60. TikTok Rolls Out Tools Enabling Parents To Police Screen Time, Direct Messaging
61. Petnet goes offline for a week, can’t answer customers at all
62. Twitter now makes it easier to add new tweets to old threads: Now you can keep tweetstorms going forever
63. This is Amazon’s newest grocery store concept
64. Amazon made a bigger camera-spying store—so we tried to steal its fruit
65. Spotify revamps the brand of its New Music Friday playlist
66. Amid A Sudden Gold Rush, Is Podcasting’s Market “Anyone With Ears?”
67. Sweep” of European websites
68. Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 1
69. Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 2
70. The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows
71. A peanut butter brand has put its spoon into the GIF pronunciation debate

A.I.

1. How Should AI be Regulated in Canada? Speak now, or forever hold your peace!
2. 2020 Update: Data-Driven Online Targeting
3. The Regulator: European Commission sets out approach on the future regulation of AI
4. AI Update: European Commission Presents Strategies for Data and AI (Part 1 of 4)
5. Contextual Analysis of Social Media: The Promise and Challenge of Eliciting Context in Social Media Posts with Natural Language Processing
6. Who’s protecting the machines? Will IP law offer incentives to AI developers in the battle to beat bacteria?
7. A neural network picks promising antibiotics out of a library of chemicals
8. Dark, Beyond Deep: A Paradigm Shift to Cognitive AI with Humanlike Common Sense
9. 2019 Artificial Intelligence Year in Review
10. NTSB blasts Tesla, CalTrans, and NHTSA for Autopilot death

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Complaint filed against Bell Canada and Rogers for anti-competitive conduct: Bell and Rogers sometimes inflated rates by more than 900 per cent, CRTC found
2. Deja Vu All Over Again: Looking Back at Two Decades of Bell, Telus and Rogers Battles Over the Canadian Wireless Market (Michael Geist) 
3. Who Runs Canadian Telecom Policy Anyway?: Why the Telus Threats at the CRTC Will Backfire (Michael Geist)
4. Broadcast Panel Chair Says Canada Already Licenses News Organizations So Why Not Internet Companies? (Michael Geist)
5. The Broadcast Panel Report and Canadian Stories: Take the Cancon Quiz (Michael Geist)
6. NY AG Gives Up, Won’t Appeal T-Mobile Merger Ruling
7. AT&T loses key ruling in class action over unlimited-data throttling
8. AT&T Loses California Case After Lying To Consumers About ‘Unlimited’ Data Throttling
9. Time Warner Cable Enters Into $18.8M Settlement With California DAs Over Internet Speeds
10. Clarence Thomas regrets ruling that Ajit Pai used to kill net neutrality
11. Trump report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised incomes $50B a year
12. The FCC To Field More Comments On Net Neutrality. Maybe They’ll Stop Identity Theft And Fraud This Time?
13. FCC Does Bupkis As US Telco Networks Fall Apart, Putting Lives At Risk
14. FCC Adopts Strict Processing Policies on Requests for Modification of TV Markets for Cable and Satellite Carriage
15. FCC Announces Data Collection on Huawei and ZTE Equipment Replacement Effort
16. U.S. Alleges Huawei Involved in Long-Running Scheme to Steal Trade Secrets
17. FCC Seeks Anti-Robocall Information from Seven “International Gateways” Believed to be Originating Illegal Robocalls
18. FCC Proposed Nearly $13 Million Fine for Illegal Spoofing
19. As satellite TV tanks, Dish says merger with DirectTV is “inevitable”
20. Dish Floats DirecTV Merger, Because What’s A Little Mindless Monopolization Among Friends?
21. Thanks, Qualcomm: Mandatory 5G means phones now ship with disabled 5G modems
22. Federal Trade Commission Reminds 19 VoIP Providers of the Telemarketing Sales Rule

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain: Damien Riehl & Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a drive, then turned it around to the commons.
2. Attempt To Put Every Musical Melody Into The Public Domain Demonstrates Craziness Of Modern Copyright
3. Can a Machine Be Considered an ‘Inventor’ for Patent Purposes?
4. Drake’s Sampling is a Fair Use
5. Judge upholds decision awarding $6.75 million (£5.2 million) damages to 5 Pointz graffiti artists
6. Second Circuit Affirms Visual Artists Rights Act Protects Famed Graffiti-ed Building
7. An introduction to copyright for creatives
8. Merchandising Monsters – European Commission imposes €14.3 million fine on NBCUniversal
9. The NCAA Blocks the Use of “March Madness” in Trademark Dispute
10. Brakes put on Bentley Motors’ use of trademark
11. Infringement by ReTweet?
12. Copyright term under Disney’s spell?
13. Can You License A Video You Don’t Hold The Copyright Over?
14. Copyright Can’t Bend Far Enough to Be Used Like a Patent
15. Protecting the Design of Consumer Goods
16. Compete, monetise, abandon: the strategic path to IP value
17. Intellectual Property Alert: Where and How You Store Your Servers May Subject You to Patent Litigation in a Distant Jurisdiction
18. Canadian patent law: 2019 year in review
19. Obtaining patent protection for software in Europe
20. 2019 U.S. Patents Hit All Time High
21. Is Chinese IP Theft Coming to an End?
22. The US Spent Years Telling China To Take Patents Seriously; Now It’s Freaking Out That China Is Doing So
23. Design Patent Guidance Found in Recent Court Decisions
24. Intellectual Property and Brexit
25. IP after Brexit: consequences and checklists
26. Revolution in enforcement of intellectual property rights in Poland – Introduction of specialised IP courts
27. Hiding Actualities: Whether Art Should Exist Independent of the Artist (Derek Diemer)
28. Open source licenses: What, which, and why
29. The Next Risk In Buying An IOT Product Is Having It Bricked By A Patent Dispute
30. Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images And 3D Models Into The Public Domain

PRIVACY

1. Ontario Recognizes False Light Tort of Invasion of Privacy
2. Coronavirus brings China’s surveillance state out of the shadows
3. Google cracks down on location-tracking Android apps
4. NSA Blew $100 Million On Phone Records Over Five Years, Generated Exactly One Usable Lead
5. Kentucky Appeals Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Obtain Real-Time Cell Site Location Info
6. Yelp Defeats Businesses’ “Right to Be Forgotten” Claims—Spiegelman v. Yelp (Eric Goldman)
7. Comments on the DOJ’s Proposed Modifications to the CCPA Regulations (Eric Goldman)
8. Stalkerware Developer Found Leaking Sensitive Data From Thousands Of The Software’s Victims
9. Stalkerware Developer Demands TechCrunch Remove Article Detailing Its Leaking Of Sensitive Data
10. California man arrested on charges his DDoSes took down candidate’s website
11. Senators Pitch Temporary Facial Recognition Ban, Leave Door Wide Open For Abuse By Federal Agencies
12. Google faces state lawsuit alleging misuse of schoolkids’ private data
13. Removing a GPS tracking device from your car isn’t theft, court rules
14. Secretive face-matching startup has customer list stolen
15. Flaw in billions of Wi-Fi devices left communications open to eavesdropping
16. Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs
17. The House wants to know what Ring is doing with footage from your house
18. Ring Says It Helps Cops Fight Crime But The Data Shows It’s No Better At This Than Any Other Security Camera
19. Ring Continues To Pitch Facial Recognition To Law Enforcement While Claiming It Won’t Be Adding Facial Recognition To Its Cameras
20. An Airbnb For Farmland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns
21. Data Breaches and complaints up over 70% – key findings of DPC Annual Report
22. The Overlooked IoT Data Security Law in California
23. UK Government to Introduce New Law to Strengthen Security of Consumer IoT Devices
24. February 21, 2020 Commissioners launch joint investigation into Clearview AI amid growing concerns over use of facial recognition technology
25. Russia’s War On Encryption Stumbles Forth With Ban Of Tutanota

CREATIVITY   

1. Trump campaign says it is suing New York Times over Russia opinion piece
2. As Court Finally Dumps One Of Devin Nunes’ Ridiculous Lawsuits (With A Warning About Sanctions), Nunes Promises To File Another
3. Public Citizen Weighs In On Why Court Should Protect @DevinCow’s Information Under The 1st Amendment
4. Group Promoting ‘Religious Freedom’ Around Vaccines Appears To Want To Stifle Free Expression Of Critics
5. NPR Pulls Out The Big Guns: Asks For Sanctions Against Lawyer Steven Biss For Lying
6. Corona Beer Takes a Hit From Coronavirus as Brand Image Suffers
7. Judge Sullivan Dismisses Former Knick Charles Oakley’s Defamation Suit Against James Dolan and MSG
8. Discovering Ed Sheeran’s Concert Income

GAMES

1. Crytek’s lawsuit against Star Citizen devs ends in settlement
2. TIGA principles for protecting players are quietly radical | Opinion: UK trade group’s endorsement of common sense best practices shows good faith effort, puts peers to shame
3. NHS’ gaming addiction clinic only needed by ‘a very small percentage’: Founder Dr Bowden-Jones hopes the numbers will remain lower than problem gambling
4. Copyright In The Modern Era: Fortnite Lets Players Mute Emote To Avoid Auto-Copyright Claims Against YouTubers
5. UK High Court Confirms That Grand Theft Auto Cheat Software Infringes Copyright
6. EA bans pro FIFA player from all EA games for threatening messages and behavior
7. The nuclear option: EA bans “abusive” FIFA player from all of its games
8. Activision subpoenas Reddit in hopes of tracking down Call of Duty leaker
9. Activision goes after Reddit to expose Call of Duty leaker: DMCA subpoena issued to identify user who posted new screenshot
10. Well Then: Activision Issues DMCA Subpoena To Have Reddit Unmask Whoever Posted That CoD Image Leak
11. Kitfox’s Victoria Tran aims to kill toxic game communities with kindness
12. Panic Art Studios CEO posts racist remarks on Twitter: Elias Viglione describes outburst as “moment of temporary insanity”
13. Kobe Bryant: Washington Post reporter reinstated after tweet row
14. New legal counsel takes over class action lawsuit against Riot Games
15. New legal counsel seeking ‘institutional reform’ in Riot Games’ discrimination lawsuit
16. Two of Riot Games’ next few projects are being developed with Unity
17. The next Xbox will quadruple XB1’s CPU, octuple its GPU performance
18. Microsoft confirms Xbox Series X will pack 12 teraflop GPU, shares more tech specs
19. Xbox boss Phil Spencer: Game streaming won’t hinder home consoles
20. GeForce Now passes 1 million signups during free trial period
21. Weeks after launch, Nvidia’s GeForce Now attracts a million streaming gamers
22. Bethesda Softworks pulls all games but Wolfenstein: Youngblood from GeForce Now
23. Bethesda pulls games from GeForce Now, more publishers may follow: But Nvidia promises new games will be added every week as trial period comes to an end
24. Google wants to bring HTML5 titles to low-end devices with GameSnacks
25. Google Stadia will come pre-installed in certain smartphones: Starting with the Asus ROG Phone 3
26. The strange, unexplained journey of ToTok in Google Play fuels user suspicions
27. Google Pulls 600 Apps From the Google Play Store for Disruptive Advertising
28. Kunai becomes the latest title review bombed on Metacritic by a single person: TurtleBlaze’s Metroidvania was targeted at random, dropping from an 8.1 user score to a 1.7 in a single day
29. Game crunch lessons: How to avoid game development crunch – “Teams who are having fun make better games and making games should be fun — otherwise, what’s the point?”
30. Around 20 employees laid off at mobile studio Kixeye
31. Kixeye lays off around 20: Parent company Stillfront says cuts were “a natural step” after acquisition, won’t affect portfolio or business in general
32. UK studio Ultimatum Games has shut down after four years 
33. Adventure game trailblazer Roberta Williams to receive Pioneer Award at GDC 2020
34. Roberta Williams to receive GDCA Pioneer Award: King’s Quest designer will be recognized for her work in graphic adventures and for co-founding Sierra On-Line
35. Is the US market ready to embrace a $500 game console?
36. Roblox raises $150 million for game-making, game-playing platform
37. COVID-19 looms over planning for next-gen launches | Opinion: The epidemic threatens to shut down supply chains the entire games industry relies on — and even push new console launches into next year
38. PlayStation cites coronavirus, backs out of multiple major gaming expos [Updated]
39. PlayStation and Facebook cancel GDC appearances citing coronavirus concerns: Kojima Productions also pulls out, cancelling founder’s talk
40. Australian retailers limit Ring Fit Adventure sales as resellers and coronavirus cause stock shortage: Staff reportedly warned new stock will not be available until end of March or early April
41. PUBG, Black Desert add new PS4 and Xbox One cross-play features
42. CD Projekt Red and PUBG Corp cancel event plans due to coronavirus: But Cyberpunk 2077 developer currently still plans to attend GDC 2020
43. The Wonderful 101 dev PlatinumGames to open 100-person studio in Tokyo
44. Platinum Games opening new Tokyo studio: Bayonetta developer plans to build new team to 100 people to work on Viewtiful Joe and Wonderful 101 follow-up
45. Employees say “sheer desperation” drives GameStop’s aggressive sales tactics: Chain focuses on pre-orders and buying used phones, with the potential threat of termination for staff who miss targets
46. Nintendo severely limits save file options for Animal Crossing on Switch
47. UK Monthly Report: GTA V and Nintendo Switch Lite shine in quiet January
48. Pokemon Home first week downloads reached 1.3m: Sensor Tower -Estimated first week revenue from subscription plans is around $1.8 million
49. Pokemon-inspired MMO Temtem passes 500,000 copies sold
50. Steam’s latest search features are straight from Steam Labs experiments
51. Metro Exodus off to strong start on Steam, despite Epic exclusivity: Embracer Group CEO says shooter has already sold 200,000 copies, also discusses Shenmue III’s performance
52. UK Charts: Bayonetta and Vanquish return to Top Ten: Half-Term sales boosts Team Sonic Racing, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 and Forza Horizon 4
53. Games’ European mobile market share expected to shrink to 55% by 2022: But category will still be biggest source of user spending, expected to hit $12.9 billion
54. GOG expands refund policy to 30 days: New policy allows for customers to get their money back even if the game was played
55. GOG asks you to please not abuse its expansive new 30-day refund policy
56. Netmarble’s full year sales are up, but profit is down: Korean mobile developer to continue focus on global expansion
57. Giants opening Chicago office: Farming Simulator developer’s first outpost outside of Europe to focus on support for North and South American players
58. Starbreeze looks toward Payday 3 with $5m share sale: New series A shares are equivalent to 30% of voting rights in the embattled Swedish publisher
59. Animal Crossing New Horizons lost save files can only be recovered once: Cloud saves will be limited to Switch Online members, and can only be accessed in case of loss or damage
60. Take-Two forms new internal studio to finish Kerbal Space Program 2 
61. Private Division moves Kerbal Space Program 2 development to new, internal studio: Jeremy Ables, other KSP2 leads join Private Division, but former developer Star Theory’s status is unknown
62. Deathtrap Dungeon adaptation aims to demonstrate the true potential of interactive fiction: Branching Narrative’s Matt Spall also discusses how the scariest graphics are your imagination
63. Black Desert Online and the diverging MMO ecosystem; Pearl Abyss America CEO Jeonghee Jin discusses the changing face of MMO monetisation
64. On Kirby 64 and Impressionism: Sketch House Games’ Nate Buck considers how N64 developers discarded details while preserving an aesthetic
65. Games sales up 51% at THQ Nordic at end of 2019
66. The Witcher 3 earns $50 million on Steam in 18 months to hop revenue tiers
67. Make-A-Wish launches GameStars charity intiative: UK branch of the charity will make it simpler for the games community to raise money
68. YouTube Millionaires: MMG Balances College And A “Cuul” Gig As One Of YouTube’s Top ‘Madden’ Creators
69. Twitch is making it easier to understand League of Legends matches: Helping you keep track of your favorite League of Legends streamers
70. Twitch Star Dr DisRespect To Pen “Memoir” About His Gaming Persona For Simon & Schuster
71. Twitch to top 40 million US viewers next year, forecast says
72. Newzoo: Global esports market will reach $1.1b in 2020 – Nearly three-fourths of all revenue will come from sponsorships and media rights
73. Esports firm Tempo Storm raises $3.3 million to launch a game
74. Esports company Tempo Storm nets $3.3 million to start making games
75. Tempo Storm raises $3.3 million: Esports team will use latest funding to expand into blockchain game development and livestreamed entertainment
76. Adapting to the evolution of esports: Major League Gaming co-founder Mike Sepso explains why the original MLG wouldn’t work today, and how his new start-up Vindex is positioned for the future
77. Wales. Golf. Madrid. Esports. In that order? Gareth Bale sets up a new esports team
78. Ride on…in accordance with the rules
79. Space Channel 5 VR review: The worst value proposition for a PSVR game yet
80. Facebook acquires Asgard’s Wrath dev Sanzaru Games
81. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games: Studio behind Asgard’s Wrath to join Oculus Studios and continue VR development
82. More Than 100 VR Games Have Exceeded $1 Million in Revenue
83. HTC takes its own magic leap, announces Vive Proton prototype headset
84. Index Will Return to Stock Ahead of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’, but “far fewer units” Due to Coronavirus
85. How a new wave of developers are using voxels to create jaw-dropping worlds
86. Push-button warfare: How artists use games to capture drone strike horror
87. DeltaDNA and Earplay partner to bring analytics to voice-based games and apps
88. PewDiePie Returns To Daily YouTube Uploads After “Really Healthy And Good” Break
89. An extended interview with Atrus himself, Myst creator Rand Miller
90. Video: Inside the AI systems of Final Fantasy XV 
91. Blog: Crafting nightmares to define Othercide’s art direction
92. Blog: Dear game developers everywhere – go teach!
93. Blog: A decade-spanning retrospective of the Indonesian games industry
94. Blog: A critical analysis of The Outer Wilds
95. Blog: My full-time indie developer life – Year 3
96. Don’t Miss: A Game Design Deep Dive into SteamWorld Dig’s digging mechanic
97. Don’t Miss: A water interaction model for great video game boat physics
98. Don’t Miss: The Resident Evil 4 postmortem
99. Don’t Miss: A look back at the history of Konami’s Gradius
100. Red Candle Games’ delisted game Devotion added to Harvard Library collection
101. Eli Roth to direct Borderlands movie: Long-in-the-works adaptation will be helmed by filmmaker behind Hostel, Cabin Fever, and Death Wish remake
102. The Outer Worlds, Outer Wilds, and more named Nebula Award finalists
103. Obituary: Konami Code creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto has passed away

Jon