Welcome to the world of information, where viral images will blast across social media and reach tons and tons of people, so long as they're tinged with humor, irony, or any of those other Shareable Qualities that 2014's Viral Experts love. » 5/30/14 11:30am 5/30/14 11:30am

The maker of a little-known match-3 game involving candy pieces says he's being steamrollered by the scorched-earth trademark strategy of the casual gaming powerhouse Candy Crush Saga, despite the fact his game and its name are two years older. » 2/12/14 6:45pm 2/12/14 6:45pm

In the world of flash games, derivatives vastly outnumber original concepts, so the charge someone copied a game is quite common. But the makers of a Pac-Man-style game in 2009 say they have an email proving that King, the outfit trademarking words like "candy" and "saga," ordered a developer to directly copy their… » 1/25/14 2:00pm 1/25/14 2:00pm

The controversy facing YouTube and video game channels now sees this broadside, by Clash (180,000 subscribers) against his network, Machinima. » 1/06/14 11:00am 1/06/14 11:00am

We're in the second week of a YouTube copyright enforcement crackdown whose most visible effects have been on the video gaming community. Each day turns up a new example of a video getting thrown in YouTube jail on a ridiculous technicality. The situation seems to defy common sense, but we'll try to explain it in… » 12/18/13 5:00pm 12/18/13 5:00pm

YouTube's content ID match system may be the best way to keep copyright holders happy but it continues to cover everyone else in embarrassment. The latest example: This guy just got flagged for a playthrough video of a game. A game he programmed. In BASIC. » 12/17/13 3:30pm 12/17/13 3:30pm

Being told someone else owns your 2-million-view video is a sure way to ruin a YouTuber's day. It can also be a real downer for the company supposedly making the claim. Especially if YouTube's bot scanner is making thousands of these infuriating claims on their behalf, all because of a mistake. » 12/16/13 7:30pm 12/16/13 7:30pm

Angry Joe, the YouTube game critic who weighed in on the wave of copyright enforcement that snagged several of his videos, has offered a followup perspective. So has another YouTuber who believes large "multi channel networks" share in the blame. We've added both videos to the original post. » 12/13/13 3:58pm 12/13/13 3:58pm

Many gamers who upload footage of video games to YouTube are still getting troubling "content ID" matches that threaten to upend YouTube's gaming content as we know it. But on day three of this controversy, some game publishers appear to be taking steps to help these gamers out. » 12/11/13 9:30pm 12/11/13 9:30pm

Numerous video game-related YouTube personalities have spent the last day digging through piles of copyright claims suddenly filling their inboxes, claims that they say are messing with their ability to produce and profit from videos they post online. » 12/10/13 8:00pm 12/10/13 8:00pm

Square Enix consistently protects its trademarks and copyrights. And still people consistently use them without permission. So it's perhaps not a surprise that an artist selling a Final Fantasy action figure series was shut down when Square's lawyers told his 3D printer to cease and, yes, desist. » 8/17/13 6:00pm 8/17/13 6:00pm

Didn't we just go through this with Final Fantasy VII? Someone wants to make a Metroid fan film. They're raising $90,000. They don't have any agreement with Nintendo. Of course they don't. » 8/11/13 3:30pm 8/11/13 3:30pm

Last month, Luke brought us this little nugget of gold from the interwebs called 300 Heroes—a shameless League of Legends clone that offers users a chance to play as "over 300" different heroes from various intellectual properties. Despite the fact that it's such a terrible case of copyright infringement and possible… » 7/22/13 7:00am 7/22/13 7:00am

Late last week at Peking University in Beijing, China, men wearing skimpy underwear and carrying inflatable friends streaked the university's north campus and tried to jump into Weiming Lake. Then, university security showed up. That's when all hell broke loose. » 6/16/13 12:30am 6/16/13 12:30am

Yeah, I had to rub my eyeballs when I saw this report on TorrentFreak, too. Evidently a Finnish group set up an antipiracy site (above) by ripping off The Pirate Bay's symbols and site code. TPB took the bait, threatening to sue if the site didn't stop using its symbols. » 2/18/13 11:00am 2/18/13 11:00am