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Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium’s Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether they constitute gambling and necessitate appropriate regulation. Now, the former has issued its ruling, and unlike the gaming-industry bodies ESRB and PEGI, it didn’t add to the BS smokescreen. Indeed, the Belgian Kanspel Committee has indeed ruled that the practice is a serious problem. “The mixing of money and addiction is gambling,” it declares. Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Greens told VTM that he aims to have gambling mechanics stricken from games entirely, banned outright, throughout Europe. “But that takes time.” The US state of Hawaii has joined in the fray too, as state representatives have lambasted EA’s “predatory behavior,” calling the game a “Star Wars-themed online casino, designed to lure kids into spending … [Read more...] about Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in

It’s too early to tell if any legislation will come from it, but at the very least, Representative Chris Lee of Hawaii knows his audience. He’s taken to YouTube before to present his progress on fighting loot boxes and their predatory nature, and he’s got a new video up today.Titled “You’re actually making a difference in this fight,” Lee’s latest video illustrates his struggles to get some lawmakers to grasp the concept of loot boxes in general. Overall, “things are happening,” he says, and it’s because “the community, all of us together, are stepping up to the plate.” Other lawmakers are coming on board, too. The video features statements from state representatives from Connecticut, North Carolina, Minnesota, Georgia, Washington, and Hawaii. Lee advises gamers to keep “pushing it to keep the pressure up” and the description of the video urges players to take a few minutes to call their local … [Read more...] about Hawaii Rep. Chris Lee Offers Update On Loot Box Front: “Things Are Happening”

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Social media is undoubtedly one of the most powerful marketing tools of our time. It can be used for many things, including communicating with customers, breaking the news, and selling our products to a target audience. Every company in the civilized world uses social media to some extent, but there are some clear examples of when social media has been misused. Not only can these social media mistakes cost you your business, but they can also land you in court. Interestingly, these mistakes are not restricted to your comments on Twitter or Facebook alone – they also affect everything you say in your email newsletters, blog, and every other form of digital content. Although most bloggers and business owners understand their industry inside and out, they don’t seem to understand much when it comes to how the law affects their online marketing efforts. Fortunately, you need not be a legal expert to know what social media marketing mistakes can jeopardize your … [Read more...] about These (Not So Popular) Social Media Mistakes Could Land You In Court

In all our many roundups at the turn of the year, we’ve never done one on the legal dramas that have affected the MMO genre. That changes today! Of note, there’s… the lockbox scuffle as various countries turn their watchful gaze on the industry and self-regulation collapses in a puddle of shrugs; the Crytek lawsuit against Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium; the potential for dead online games to skirt DMCA laws; multiple Pokemon Go-inspired lawsuits and criminal trials; the end of the Warner Bros. and Tolkien estate lawsuit; the continuation of the Oculus/ZeniMax Media lawsuit; the cease-and-desist filed against Asheron’s Call emulators; and a whole ton of Blizzard lawsuits, including the capsizing of the Bossland cheaters following multiple Blizz victories. My favorite, however, is Andrew’s research into whether lockboxes legally constitute gambling – from last January. Enjoy! Call of Duty swatting incident leads to man’s death in Kansas … [Read more...] about A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2017