Date: 16-17 February 2023
Title: Policy Futures Topic 1: Cloud Gaming and App Stores
Description:
We begin with a cluster of engagements comprising a roundtable discussion, public lecture and gaming event on 16-17 February is part of ongoing CREATe investigations into the changing landscape of the gaming industry and the resulting regulatory challenges.
On the afternoon of February 16th there will be a roundtable discussion bringing together copyright and competition lawyers with industry participants to engage with issues around ‘Copyright, Competition and Business Models in App Stores and Gaming’. The discussion will interrogate power imbalances in the gaming industry which has resulted in antitrust complaints and investigations in the UK, EU, and the US, as well as considering alternative forms of private regulation to protect creativity.
Following the roundtable, there will be an early evening lecture as part of Glasgow Competition Talk series. The talk titled, ‘From music streaming to the metaverse: competition policy’s role in clearing (app store sized) roadblocks to innovation’ will be given by Dr Friso Bostoen (KU Leuven). This talk will examine the role of competition policy in removing barriers to innovation raised by app store operators.
The third part on Friday, February 17th relates to CREATe’s You Can Play: Video Games and User Freedoms project. It will feature project partner Blazing Griffin for a talk on user creativity, gaming session… and pizza.
Interest to Event leads: Magali Eben, Amy Thomas, Ayşe Gizem Yasar
Recent games blog https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2023/01/20/new-players-in-the-game-investigating-the-emergence-of-cloud-gaming-and-the-changing-landscape-of-the-video-game-industry/
This event forms part of the CREATe@10 series of Spring 2023 events
https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2022/12/09/create10-policy-futures-series-at-the-arc/
