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Submission + - Used Game To Survive? EA Plans To Drop Online Pass (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by Krazy Kanuck on Thursday May 16, 2013 @10:42AM

Krazy Kanuck writes: Introduced in 2010, Online Pass was marketed as a way to "preserve" online content or DLC as titles were sold in the used game market. Many saw this as a way to cut out the second hand game market. EA has now decided to end this program "partly because the players didn't like it". Unfortunately this appears to only be for future released games, those previously released will still be subject to this feature. Activision and Ubisoft still use this form of content control, it will be interesting to see if they follow suit.

Submission + - Warner Bros Scribblenauts Characters In Blatant Copyright Infringement (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Krazy Kanuck on Friday May 03, 2013 @09:53AM

Krazy Kanuck writes: The complaint alleged that the cats were used without permission in Scribblenauts, a series of games on the Nintendo DS and other platforms. Neither Warner Bros or 5th Cell, the game's developer, have commented.

"Compounding their infringements," court papers said, "defendants have used 'Nyan Cat' (designed by Christopher Torres) and 'Keyboard Cat' (created in 1984 by Charles Schmidt), even identifying them by name, to promote and market their games, all without plaintiffs' permission and without any compensation to plaintiffs." Court documents alleged that Warner Bros and 5th Cell "knowingly and intentionally infringed" both claimant's ownership rights.

Submission + - White House Chief Technology Officer Steps Down (whitehouse.gov)

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Krazy Kanuck

on Friday January 27, 2012 @05:09PM

Krazy Kanuck writes: "The WH is running a story on their OSTP blog that Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, is stepping down after being nominated tot he post by President Obama in 2009. There is some mention of him returning to his home state of Virginia, and the Washington Post is all running a story on a possible bid as lieutenant governor"

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