Law and computer games

For my original post, see here. Background The European Commission has fined Valve, the owner of the online PC gaming...

Together with the new media state treaty, there will also be some changes in the Youth Media Protection State Treaty...

There is very good news for streamers today. The Media State Treaty was finally adopted, which is expected to enter...

The situation The entire industry of computer game developers in Germany is certainly pleased that the Federal Government has decided...

Today at 7 pm the 19th Open Stage Games will take place in Stuttgart, where I will talk about typical...

What is swatting? Swatting has now become a bad habit in the US, affecting famous streamers in particular. But how...

The Federal Court of Justice has to decide whether, in the way a game is offered there, in the way...

Cookies go around In the last time I have already written some things about the cookie decision of the ECJ....

Currently, Microsoft has started a real battle of the streaming giants with its streaming platform Mixer, as the software giant...

Creating and correcting publishing contracts for computer games is just as much my day-to-day business as contracts for freelancers and...

The problem with stolen gamertags In recent months, more and more clients, especially well-known streamers, have approached me because their...

I have been in the computer game industry for over 20 years and worked as a lawyer for over 12...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and is published here in German and in an...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and will be published here in German and in...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and published by me here on the blog in...

Steam and other providers of computer game licenses are currently under pressure in Europe to violate the Geo-blocking Regulation(see this...

Time and again, the question arises in the area of computer game tenants whether game rules are protected or whether...

In a case I represent, the District Court of Neukölln has ruled that an account in the World of Warcraft...

I have already written something here on the question of whether loot boxes should be considered gambling. A few provocative...

Since the topic is topical in Germany, today a short execution on criminal responsibility for the operation of pirate servers....