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Brazilian Court Forbids Sale Of Episodes From Liberty City Worldwide

Kotaku Brazil editor Renato Bueno reports on a Brazilian court order that seeks to remove Rockstar’s Episodes from Liberty City from retail and digital distribution worldwide, due to the unauthorised use of music from an eight-year-old DJ’s dad.


Pinball Wizards Are Not Welcome In Beacon, New York

Fred Bobrow, owner of the Retro Arcade Museum in Beacon, New York, might not look like a criminal to you, but he has broken Beacon Law, and paid the price.


The Xbox 360 Memory Card Battles Continues

Former Xbox 360 third-party memory card manufacturer Datel is free to pursue its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, as a federal judge dismisses the console maker’s attempts to have the case thrown out.


Appeals Court Deems Nintendo Controllers Patent Infringement-Free

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the 2008 verdict of an East Texas jury that would have resulted in a ban on sales of the Nintendo Gamecube controller, Wavebird, and Classic Controller due to patent infringement.


Court Puts A Stop To CTA’s Mature Video Game Ad Ban

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the Entertainment Software Association a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Chicago Transit Authority, temporarily lifting the CTA’s ban on mature game advertising.


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