A Flap over Exhaust: Do Sport Systems Cheat German Noise Laws?

– Lately, there are daily headlines in Germany accusing automakers of various evils. It’s not enough that they are charged with rigging the emissions data on their cars and of being members of a “cartel” that discusses issues such as setting a sensible maximum vehicle velocity at which convertible tops open. They now face potential […]

Augmented reality wins big in 1st Amendment legal flap

Enlarge (credit: Candy Lab) A judge on Thursday declared as unconstitutional a local Wisconsin ordinance mandating that the makers of augmented reality games get special use permits if their mobile apps were to be played in county parks. The law—the nation’s first of its kind—was challenged on First Amendment grounds amid concerns it amounted to […]

Elite: Dangerous crowdfunding campaign reinstated after copyright flap

Enlarge / Pew pew! (credit: Frontier Developments) After a three-week pause due to a copyright complaint, Kickstarter has un-frozen the crowdfunding campaign for Spidermind Games’ Elite: Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG. The campaign’s page is back online as of 21:45 GMT. The complainant appears to have been an individual named Chris Jordan, who filed the complaint on […]