Virtual Judgment: Legal Implications of Online Gaming Export

@article{kane:judgment, abstract = {This article provides an overview of the various legal issues inherent in virtual worlds and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The legal issues involved are very complicated and still at a nascent stage, which is a very dangerous mix. The issues involved run the gambit from intellectual property law to First Amendment issues. Only time will tell how governments or the courts respond to the panoply of issues. However, the potential impact of such decisions will need to be given great weight because they will likely have wide-reaching ramifications.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Kane, Sean F.}, citeulike-article-id = {5073562}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.81}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.81}, doi = {10.1109/MSP.2009.81}, issn = {1540-7993}, journal = {IEEE Security and Privacy}, keywords = {cheating, games, legal, mmog, security, virtual-worlds}, number = {3}, pages = {23--28}, posted-at = {2009-07-06 10:51:04}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Virtual Judgment: Legal Implications of Online Gaming}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.81}, volume = {7}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - kane:judgment L3 - citeulike-article-id:5073562 N2 - This article provides an overview of the various legal issues inherent in virtual worlds and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The legal issues involved are very complicated and still at a nascent stage, which is a very dangerous mix. The issues involved run the gambit from intellectual property law to First Amendment issues. Only time will tell how governments or the courts respond to the panoply of issues. However, the potential impact of such decisions will need to be given great weight because they will likely have wide-reaching ramifications. IS - 3 JF - IEEE Security and Privacy SN - 1540-7993 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA EP - 28 TI - Virtual Judgment: Legal Implications of Online Gaming PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 7 SP - 23 KW - cheating KW - games KW - legal KW - mmog KW - security KW - virtual-worlds AU - Kane, Sean PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.81 ER -