Download This PaperSerious Business: When Virtual Items Gain Real World Value
51 Pages Posted: 6 Feb 2008
Date Written: December 1, 2007
Abstract
Millions of People world-wide play computer games known as 'Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games'. In these virtual worlds players obtain items that can have significant real world value to other players. This paper looks at the legal issues that arise when players have disputes over virtual property that has real world value.
Keywords: Law, Virtual Property, Computer Games, MMORPG, Intellectual Property
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