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Law summit to address game development issues

The upcoming Entertainment Technology Law Summit is to address issues surrounding financing and development in the videogame industry.

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The upcoming Entertainment Technology Law Summit is to address issues surrounding financing and development in the videogame industry.

LucasArts' Seth Steinberg, Sony's Daniel Figueroa and THQ's James Kennedy will take part in the panel Video Game Development: The New Financing and Development Models, to discuss funding and creation of games based on movie and music licenses.

Other areas in entertainment to be addressed at the event include new distribution models, piracy, user-generated content and the mobile phone as a media centre.

The event takes place at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, August 16 and 17. More information can be found here.

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Matt Martin: Matt Martin joined GamesIndustry in 2006 and was made editor of the site in 2008. With over ten years experience in journalism, he has written for multiple trade, consumer, contract and business-to-business publications in the games, retail and technology sectors.