Patents and virtual world commerce
June 23, 2008
Terra Nova has a fascinating article on patents and virtual world economies.
Our recent interview with Dr Melissa de Zwart from Monash University shone some light on this very grey area - there’s still so much legal precedent still to be established.
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Discussion paper on virtual property rights
June 8, 2008
Virtually Blind has an interesting article featuring a discussion paper on virtual property rights.
The paper is written by a Columbia Law School graduatem, Daniel Gould and you can read it here. It covers the challenges in defining virtual property and the part that stood out for me was:
bits in memory do not, by themselves, possess the qualities of real
world property mentioned above. Rather, it is the bits in the context of the MMOG
application interpreting them that simulates the features of physical property.
If you like the intellectual stimulation of bits, in our out of context, give this paper a read.
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Law and regulation of virtual worlds seminar
May 25, 2008
Melbourne keeps on churning out interesting virtual worlds events. This time it’s a seminar titled “Law and Regulation of Virtual Worlds”.
The details:
Wednesday 25 June 2008, 4 – 6.30 pm
Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies
Monash University Law Chambers
472 Bourke Street Melbourne
Key Speakers
Gary Hayes, Director LAMP @ AFTRS and Head of Virtual World Development, TPF
Dan Hunter, New York Law School, Melbourne University Law
Melissa deZwart, Senior Lecturer, Monash Law
David Lindsay, Senior Lecturer, Monash Law
This looks like a lively event. We’re in process of organising an interview with Melissa deZwart - watch this space.
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