The Stinger Report

The Stinger Report

Consolidation Frenzy – Part Two
Dust settles on big news story – part two of Stinger exclusive looking at the ramifications of the Happ Control investment, while major changes take over the Cineplex Entertainment Group which sees the world's largest multiplex operation placed for the future of the out-of-home leisure entertainment market.

LAN Centers Rocked By Legal Crackdown!
Cease and desist letters! FBI arrests! Threats of lawsuits! Demands for huge payments! The once-cozy world of Local Area Network game retail centers is shaking in its boots. For years, most public LAN game sites have gotten away with unpaid public performance of other companies' intellectual properties (video games). Now the jig may be up. The market's top software supplier is demanding LAN centers pay big monthly fees to license its hit games - or else. But does the licensing implementation software contain sneaky spyware that will snoop into individual operators' data?

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