TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balkin,Jack M.
AU  - Bartle,Richard A.
AU  - Benkler,Yochai
AU  - Bradley,Caroline
AU  - Castronova,Edward
AU  - Crawford,Susan P.
AU  - Dibbell,Julian
AU  - Froomkin,A.Michael
AU  - Grimmelmann,James
AU  - Hunter,Dan
AU  - Johnson,David R.
AU  - Koster,Raph
AU  - Lastowka,F.Gregory
AU  - Noveck,Beth Simone
AU  - Ondrejka,Cory
AU  - Spaight,Tracy
AU  - Zarsky,Tal
TI  - The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds 
T2  - Ex Machina: Law, Technology, and Society
SN  - 9780814739075
AV  - K3705.V53 S73 2006eb
U1  - 343.09/944 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Computer games
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Video games
KW  - Virtual reality
KW  - LAW / Intellectual Property / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Presents
KW  - change
KW  - digital
KW  - essential
KW  - first
KW  - future
KW  - step
KW  - understanding
KW  - universe
KW  - will
KW  - worlds
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; PART I: Introduction --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Virtual Worlds --; PART II: Game Gods and Game Players --; 3. Virtual Worldliness --; 4. Declaring the Rights of Players --; 5. The Right to Play --; 6. Law and Liberty in Virtual Worlds --; PART III: Property and Creativity in Virtual Worlds --; 7. Virtual Crime --; 8. Owned! --; 9. Virtual Power Politics --; 10. Escaping the Gilded Cage --; 11. There Is No Spoon --; PART IV: Privacy and Identity in Virtual Worlds --; 12. Who Killed Miss Norway? --; 13. Who’s In Charge of Who I Am? --; 14. Privacy and Data Collection in Virtual Worlds --; PART V: Virtual Worlds and Real-World Power --; 15. Virtual Worlds, Real Rules --; 16. The New Visual Literacy --; 17. Democracy—The Video Game --; About the Contributors --; Acknowledgments --; Case List --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The State of Play presents an essential first step in understanding how new digital worlds will change the future of our universe. Millions of people around the world inhabit virtual words: multiplayer online games where characters live, love, buy, trade, cheat, steal, and have every possible kind of adventure. Far more complicated and sophisticated than early video games, people now spend countless hours in virtual universes like Second Life and Star Wars Galaxies not to shoot space invaders but to create new identities, fall in love, build cities, make rules, and break them.As digital worlds become increasingly powerful and lifelike, people will employ them for countless real-world purposes, including commerce, education, medicine, law enforcement, and military training. Inevitably, real-world law will regulate them. But should virtual worlds be fully integrated into our real-world legal system or should they be treated as separate jurisdictions with their own forms of dispute resolution? What rules should govern virtual communities? Should the law step in to protect property rights when virtual items are destroyed or stolen?These questions, and many more, are considered in The State of Play, where legal experts, game designers, and policymakers explore the boundaries of free speech, intellectual property, and creativity in virtual worlds. The essays explore both the emergence of law in multiplayer online games and how we can use virtual worlds to study real-world social interactions and test real-world laws.Contributors include: Jack M. Balkin, Richard A. Bartle, Yochai Benkler, Caroline Bradley, Edward Castronova, Susan P. Crawford, Julian Dibbell, A. Michael Froomkin, James Grimmelmann, David R. Johnson, Dan Hunter, Raph Koster, F. Gregory Lastowka, Beth Simone Noveck, Cory Ondrejka, Tracy Spaight, and Tal Zarsky
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814739075.001.0001
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814739075
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814739075/original
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