slides & audio (70 MB)Politics - the one issue that effects everyone weather you like it or not. This session is an overview of recent developments for Violence, Addiction, Gambling, and Net Neutrality.
our take:
Unfortunately - and in no part because of us casual folks - the game industry has developed quite a sordid reputation which we must always be on the lookout to dispel with relation to casual games.
Make sure to check out Erik Bethke's talk regarging customer rights and retention for more detail on things to come.
Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 17 July 2007
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Steve Augustino (email)
Steve Augustino is a Partner in the Telecommunications Practice Group at Kelley
Drye & Warren LLP. Steve joined Kelley Drye in 1996 and helped to create the
firm’s Telecommunications Practice, which is now one of the largest
telecommunications practices in the nation.
In his practice, Steve provides strategic and regulatory advice to all types of
communications service providers, with particular emphasis on advanced services,
competitive policy, and enforcement matters. He regularly represents CLECs, DSL providers,
Internet providers, and enhanced service providers before the FCC, state regulatory commissions, state attorneys general, and federal courts in rulemaking, complaint, and interconnection proceedings. He has experience leading numerous national coalitions in pursuing public policy decisions favorable to competitive providers’ business plans. He once led an industry trade association in enforcing a statutory prohibition on Bell Telephone Company ownership of alarm monitoring companies, which resulted in the FCC declaring over $1 billion in acquisitions to be unlawful. He also has experience in transactional, financing, and bankruptcy matters involving telecommunications carriers and Internet providers.
With over 16 years of experience representing innovative content and service providers, Steve added a Games Specialty to his practice in 2006. The Games Specialty is specifically geared towards addressing mobile and broadband access issues affecting video game developers and publishers. Steve’s expertise in telecommunications helps online and mobile gaming companies meet the business and legal challenges brought on by the intersection of gaming and communications policy in the U.S. Steve received his B.A. from the University of Virginia with highest distinction and graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. Steve is a member of the “Atari generation” of gamers. His most prized game room possession is his original Asteroids arcade machine.
