The Legal Bit

A podcast about exciting legal issues within the video game industry! Your host Noora Honkasalo, an intellectual property law student in London, will interview game law enthusiasts and shed light on the ever-growing industry in hopes of inspiring listeners to join the legal community as well. Music by Richard Gaynor (https://soundcloud.com/drdiss)

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E10: Legal Issues in the Mobile Gaming Industry (Supercell Special!)

We made it! For our 10th episode special, I take you to the Supercell headquarters in Helsinki, Finland to discuss some of the legal issues revolving around the mobile gaming industry. Our very special guest, Hannu Partanen, tells us how he became a lawyer at Supercell and what his every day job is like at one of the most well-known mobile gaming companies in the world. Supercell is a Finland-based mobile game development company, reaching its global market through games such as Clash of Clans, ...

Jun 17, 2019•23 min

E9: Games Industry Legal Challenge with Alexandros Alexandrou

Are you a law student interested in the games industry? Are you looking to challenge yourself and strengthen your legal expertise and experience? Then the games industry legal challenge is for you! In this episode we have Alexandros Alexandrou, a Queen Mary University PhD researcher from Cyprus, to talk about his experiences with taking part in the annual moot court competition regarding video game law called the Games Industry Legal Challenge. Here, we highlight some of the challenges that the ...

May 23, 2019•24 min

E8: Video Games Industry and the Artist Community

Are you a fanartist part of the video game community? Are you a law student curious to know what options you have out there within the games industry? Our guest for this episode discussed both! For this episode it is great to have Simon (@Hanjosi form Twitter), who is also a law student, to share some curiosities within the legal sector of the games industry and personal insights on the legal aspects of being an artists within the video game community. This episode is more of a chill discussion ...

May 12, 2019•22 min

E7: Legal Issues in the Esports Industry

The esports market has grown massively over the years, estimated to gain over a billion dollars in revenue with over 6 million people watching it in the UK alone. What is the booming industry all about, and is the law able to keep up with the craze that is competitive gaming? In the new episode of The Legal Bit, I sit down with Rahul Gandhi, a trainee solicitor at CMS, to talk about his path on getting into the esports industry and working at one - what brought him there, what it was like workin...

Apr 25, 2019•34 min

E6: The Evolution and Importance of Video Game Law

"All these things that we now see the digital media world is dealing with, video games mostly dealt with 5 to 10 years ahead of anybody else. All that stuff we take for granted now was really pioneered in video games." In this episode we have Jon Festinger QC, a lawyer and teacher from Canada, talking about his contribution to the video game legal sector and shares his insight on the evolution and importance of video game/interactive entertainment legal research throughout time. If you've ever d...

Apr 08, 2019•27 min

E5: 'More Than Just a Game' Conference with Gaetano Dimita

In this episode of The Legal Bit, we will be talking about the upcoming event on games and interactive entertainment law held in London this week on the 4th and 5th of April: More Than Just a Game V. There is still a chance to get tickets for the conference - if you are around London on April 4-5, don't hesitate to drop by at One Birdcage Walk! More info of the event and panelists can be found here: www.mtjg.co.uk/ The organizer of the event, Dr Gaetano Dimita, not only talks about what to expec...

Apr 01, 2019•32 min

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