The State of Play : Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds / ed. by Beth Simone Noveck, Jack M. Balkin.
Balkin, Jack M., contributor.; Balkin, Jack M., editor.; Bartle, Richard A., contributor.; Benkler, Yochai, contributor.; Bradley, Caroline, contributor.; Castronova, Edward, contributor.; Crawford, Susan P., contributor.; Dibbell, Julian, contributor.; Froomkin, A. Michael, contributor.; Grimmelmann, James, contributor.; Hunter, Dan, contributor.; Johnson, David R., contributor.; Koster, Raph, contributor.; Lastowka, F. Gregory, contributor.; Noveck, Beth Simone, contributor.; Noveck, Beth Simone, editor.; Ondrejka, Cory, contributor.; Spaight, Tracy, contributor.; Zarsky, Tal, contributor.
2006
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The State of Play : Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds / ed. by Beth Simone Noveck, Jack M. Balkin.
ISBN
9780814739075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814739075.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814739075.001.0001 doi
Call Number
K3705.V53 S73 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
343.09/944
Summary
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.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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text file PDF
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Balkin, Jack M., contributor.
Balkin, Jack M., editor.
Bartle, Richard A., contributor.
Benkler, Yochai, contributor.
Bradley, Caroline, contributor.
Castronova, Edward, contributor.
Crawford, Susan P., contributor.
Dibbell, Julian, contributor.
Froomkin, A. Michael, contributor.
Grimmelmann, James, contributor.
Hunter, Dan, contributor.
Johnson, David R., contributor.
Koster, Raph, contributor.
Lastowka, F. Gregory, contributor.
Noveck, Beth Simone, contributor.
Noveck, Beth Simone, editor.
Ondrejka, Cory, contributor.
Spaight, Tracy, contributor.
Zarsky, Tal, contributor.
Series
Ex Machina: Law, Technology, and Society ; ; 2
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New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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print 9780814799710
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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

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