The state of play law, games, and virtual worlds / [electronic resource] : edited by Jack M. Balkin and Beth Simone Noveck. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - viii, 304 p. ; 23 cm. - Ex machina . - Ex machina. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-290) and index.

Introduction / Jack M. Balkin and Beth Simone Noveck -- Virtual worlds : a primer / F. Gregory Lastowka and Dan Hunter -- Virtual worldliness / Richard A. Bartle -- Declaring the rights of players / Raph Koster -- The right to play / Edward Castronova -- Law and liberty in virtual worlds / Jack M. Balkin -- Virtual crime / F. Gregory Lastowka and Dan Hunter -- Owned! Intellectual property in the age of eBayers, gold farmers, and other enemies of the virtual state / Julian Dibbell -- Virtual power politics / James Grimmelmann -- Escaping the gilded cage : user-created content and building the metaverse / Cory Ondrejka -- There is no spoon / Yochai Benkler -- Who killed Miss Norway? / Tracy Spaight -- Who's in charge of who I am? : identity and law online / Susan P. Crawford -- Privacy and data collection in virtual worlds / Tal Zarsky -- Virtual worlds, real rules : using virtual worlds to test legal rules / Caroline Bradley and A. Michael Froomkin -- The new visual literacy : how the screen affects the law / David R. Johnson -- Democracy-- the video game : virtual worlds and the future of collective action / Beth Simone Noveck.


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Computer games--Law and legislation.
Virtual reality.


Electronic books.

K3705.V53 / S73 2006eb

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