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Sir Isaac Newton is one of those name in the history, which make us believe that Human mind can achieve impossibilities. You perceive a new information in better way when you connect it with a real-life example. These days, I’m very passionate about Blogging and that’s something I think about most of the time. Other day, when my Physics teacher was explaining Newton’s 3 law of motion, instead of connecting to real life examples, I was connecting it to Blogging and I decided to come up with this Article. In this article, I will relate all 3 laws to Blogging and you can takeaway the most important message from this article at the end. I have been blogging since March 2012 and in all these months I learnt a lot of things about blogging so here is my piece of work on what I learnt about blogging from the Newton’s laws of motion. First Law of Blogging- Newton’s first law is, anybody in the state of rest or in the state of motion continues to be in … [Read more...] about Newtons Law of Blogging : Non Text Book Version

Premier European digital media conference, Dmexco, is currently underway in Cologne. As global brands, publishers, and ad tech leaders meet to discuss opportunities and challenges in digital media, a new set of data protection laws proposed in the European Union have quickly become the hottest topic of discussion. This is your go-to guide for understanding the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, and what it means for you. General Data Protection Regulation is the new regulatory framework that will replace the 1995 data protection directive, which has been around for two decades and in conjunction with national data laws, currently lays down stipulations for how businesses and public offices collect, store, and use personal user data in the European Union. In these two decades, the Internet-based economy has gone mainstream, changing how user data is captured and used by businesses — both in terms of size and scope, rendering the older directive largely obsolete. After … [Read more...] about GDPR Explainer: An Essential Guide to the New European Data Protection Laws

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

Stretch your brain allllll the way back to 2016, when Australian courts fined Valve $2.16 million US at the behest of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). That regulatory body had accused Valve of essentially insufficiently advertising and refunding Australian Steam customers for purchases on the platform, which ran afoul of the country’s consumer laws. In agreeing with the ACCC’s complaint, the federal court found that Valve had not only broken consumer law but failed to properly conduct business in the country and therefore was subject to the maximum fine; the court also ordered Valve to set up special refund notices for Aussie customers and school its employees under a special “Australian Law Compliance Program.” Valve has apparently spent the last year and change appealing the decision – and hey, they’ve been fighting this since 2014, so why stop now, right? And now, as Gamasutra reports, Valve has applied for “special … [Read more...] about Valve asks Australian High Court to set aside consumer law ruling that fined it over $2M

UPDATED with a statement from ArenaNet on the inability of players in Belgium to purchase gems. It is NOT a bug. Update on the Purchase Status for Belgium In order to conform to changes in Belgian law, purchases of gems, the Ultimate Edition, and the Ultimate Edition upgrade have been disabled for residents of Belgium. We are continuing to investigate more flexible solutions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our players. Original Story: Belgian Guild Wars 2 players are seemingly unable to purchase the game's premium currency, Gems. According to forum posts and Reddit, players can no longer enter Belgian addresses as part of billing options. The issue appears to have first started on September 19th when players attempting to buy Gems found an error message even when using a VPN.  It is fairly obvious that this problem for Belgian players is a bug, but it is a curious, and very sudden, occurence as it is an issue only with Belgium, the country that has been … [Read more...] about UPDATED: ArenaNet Stops Gem Purchases in Belgium ‘In Order to Conform to Belgian Law’