Law and order in virtual worlds exploring avatars, their ownership and rights /

• Main Author: Adrian, Angela, 1968-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
• Subjects: Shared virtual environments > Law and legislation.; Avatars (Computer graphics) > Law and legislation.; Why virtual worlds; Boundaries of real and virtual worlds; Developments in virtual property rights; Contract law and virtual worlds; Intellectual property and virtual worlds; Mischief and grief : virtual torts; 'Griefing' and virtual crimes; Avatars in virtual worlds; Why virtual worlds matter
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"This book examines the legal realities which are emerging from Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs) or virtual worlds that demonstrate many of the traits we associate with the Earth world: interpersonal relationships, economic transactions, and organic political institutio...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Why virtual worlds?
• 2. It is only a game
• 3. Avatars
• 4. Philosophy, personality and property
• 5. Virtual property in virtual worlds
• 6. Intellectual property and virtual worlds
• 7. Contract law and virtual worlds
• 8. Mischief and grief
• 9. Beyond griefing
• 10. Why virtual worlds matter.