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Slight update, shift of focus

jordan — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:17:20 +0000

Just a note that I did a slight update to the site (pruning links and things) as a part of a shift of focus in the site. I’ve moved towards practice-oriented endeavors and so am blogging more at opencontentlawyer and doing less that is relevant for twitchgamer. This site will still get links and updates, just less often.

Twitchgamer on hiatus

jordan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:53:42 +0000

Hi everyone — I’m going to have a reduced posting schedule for the month of March due to personal and professional commitments over this month, but I will return in April to a regular posting schedule. My posts here will probably be limited to link collections and maybe the occasional note. Thanks!

IPIT Events

jordan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:38:15 +0000

Just to flag this up for twitchgamer readers, I’ve started a new blog IPIT Events, which collects upcoming IP and IT law events in the UK. In the past, I’ve found it difficult to keep up with all the upcoming events in IP and IT law happening around Britain. So I started a blog focused on collecting and bringing all of these together. It is still in beta, so if you have any suggestions or problems, please send them my way.

200th post

jordan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:46:28 +0000

I was thinking that I never did one of those “year in review” posts for twitchgamer for the start of 2008. I’ve had the domain and tried blogging and doing various other things with it over a number of years, but it was a little over a year ago that I said “Right. Blog regularly.” And so I have. Some months more regular than others. But I have managed to put together 200 posts in the past year or so, so not doing too badly. Especially given that I know blog over at opencontentlawyer too, blogged about our research on free trade and IT businesses, and did various other posts on other sites over the year. And I’m about to start writing a whole lot more if some other projects I’m working on come to fruition.

SLS member

jordan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:21:13 +0000

I received my membership pack from the Society of Legal Scholars just before my move. I’m now officially a member!

Society of Legal Scholars

Apologies – posting to resume soon

jordan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:05:45 +0000

For not posting much lately. The triple whammy of completing the report on the UK cultural heritage sector (out soon!), moving home, and taking ill have all prevented me from getting online, much less posting here and at opencontentlawyer. I have a few posts in the hopper and will have some more content up here shortly.

Otaku paper cites

jordan — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:57:56 +0000

I just did a check in Westlaw for some citations, and realised that my paper on Japanese anime, fansubs, and copyright was cited in:

R. Tushnet, “Domain and Forum: Public Space, Public Freedom”, 30 Colum. J.L. & Arts 597 (2007). [Link]

-and-

R. Tushnet, “Payment in Credit: Copyright law and subcultural creativity”, 70-SPG Law & Contemp. Probs. 135 (2007). [Link]

Also, I’ve been informed by SCRIPT-ed tech guru, blogger, and confessed gamer Andres Guadamuz that the Otaku paper is the second most downloaded / accessed article in SCRIPT-ed, with my good friend Nicolas Jondet’s paper on France, DADVSI, and DRM being the first (available here).

Paper cite and link:

Of Otaku and Fansubs: A Critical Look at Anime Online in Light of Current Issues in Copyright Law

Welcome Blawg Review readers

jordan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:50:28 +0000

Thanks to a mention in Blawg Review #128 over at Lex Ferenda there are several of you checking out my site. Welcome! You can find out more about me in the ‘About’ section, or over at my other blawg, opencontentlawyer.com. You can read the posts about tattoos and copyright over in the ‘Tattoo’ category on the left-hand side of the page.