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The State of Play: Law, Games and Virtual Worlds, a first-of-its-kind exploration of the intersection between law and the gamespace. Check out this page for:
Media stories about the conference
Blog and blawg discussions (includes panel summaries)
Company press releases and other websites
E-mailed reports
Photos and more
Media stories about the conference
WIRED NEWS FEATURES STORY ENTITLED "LAWMAKERS GAME THE SYSTEM" ON THE DEMOCRACY: THE VIDEOGAME WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE DEMOCRACY DESIGN WORKSHOP AT THE STATE OF PLAY. ARTICLE BY DANIEL TERDIMAN AND AVAILABLE HERE. February 9, 2004.
American Lawyer: "Game Show" by Carlyn Kolker, January 1, 2004.
Financial Times: "Realities of a virtual economy: Online games are taking on a parallel life of their own - spawning trade, exchange rates and regulatory headaches" by Paul Tyrrell, December 29, 2003
WiredNews: Laying Down the Virtual Law by Daniel Terdimann, November 12, 2003
and in Spanish: Leyes para el mundo virtual
NY1: Law Schools Explore Whether People Can Sue For Actions In Cyberspace by Adam Balkin, November 17, 2003
GameShark: Second Life Digital IP Rights
GameSpy: The Future of Massively Multiplayer Gaming by Greg Kosak, November 13, 2003
New York Law School Press Releases
Blog and blawg discussions
Lawmeme (Yale Law School Student Weblog): Second Life Allows Players to Retain In-Game IP
Lawmeme (James Grimmelman's Report on the Conference): State of Play (Read this!)
The Importance Of (Ernest Miller Weblog): New IP Rules for Second Life and Century 21 Panel
Julian Dibbell Blog: Play Money, Meet Big Money
Discourse.net (Michael Froomkin Blog): State of Play
Ratchet Up: Legal Scholars Debate Virtual Worlds
Terra Nova (with postings by, among others, Jack Balkin, Dan Hunter, Raph Koster, Greg Lastowka, Ren Reynolds): State of Play Generally, Miss Norway & Wicked Non-Games
Stark County Library: E-Alert
The Virtual Chase (Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll Weblog): Mixing Virtual Worlds and Law
Susan Crawford Blog: Games
Many2Many: Corante: State of Play
Company press releases and other websites
Ludicorp (Stewart Butterfield): Ludicorp at State of Play
Linden Lab (Philip Rosedale): Second Life to Own Digital Creations
Summaries of the conference panels
James Grimmelman Conference Report on Lawmeme
E-mailed reports
TBD
Photos and more
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