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	Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs Back in October, we noted that in the latest triennial DMCA exemption review, the Copyright Office/Librarian of Congress refused to say it was legal for you to rip... More...
	How Nintendo DRM trapped $400 of downloaded games on my failing Wii
	Downloading Nintendo’s massive, day-one Wii U firmware update took over an hour, but the length of time didn't bother me. More... App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates I've always had a bit of a soft spot for DRM in my heart, mostly because it makes me laugh. If you think about it, it's generally rather funny in its uselessness. More...

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12.20.2012

Gaming News:

IGDA Anti-Censorship Committee Chairman Talks Violent Video Games on Fox News Segment with Neil Cavuto
GamePolitics
Game developer Daniel Greenberg makes some good points on video game violence.

Newtown Boy Organizes Local Movement to Throw Away Violent Video Games
GamePolitics
Twelve-year-old Max Goldstein says that he decided to stop playing games like "Call of Duty."

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Steam Holiday Sale Live Today
Polygon
The Steam Holiday Sale is now live and will run until Jan. 5, Valve announced this afternoon.

"Can a game create a better world? We believe it can"
Eurogamer
iOS game (THRED) donates everything to buy medicine to stop mother-to-baby HIV transmission.

Wrong Answers for Mass Shootings
Reason
Sen. Rockefeller 'evidently thinks video gamers can't understand the difference between fantasy and reality. Funny thing: A lot of politicians have the same problem.'

UK copyright reform affects fair use, format-shifting and big data
GIGA OM
Soon things that used to be illegal in the UK will become legal thanks to new reforms.

Piers Morgan Gets in Twitter War With Radio Host over Newtown Shooting coverage, blaming video games.
The Blaze
Opie and Anthony Show co-host tweets, 'i'd blame 24 hr news cycles before violent video games for the increase in shootings!'

EU to issue “statement of objections” regarding Samsung patent suits
VentureBeat
Samsung may be in hot water with the European Union soon.

The Folly of Blaming Video Games
National Review
'Regulating digital violence cannot reduce crime.'

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