Participants Include Representatives of Sony Online Entertainment, Wired Magazine, Yahoo, Linden Lab, Internet Gaming Entertainment, Yale Law School, eGenesis, and Others
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct 13, 2004--
DATE:
Thursday, October 28-Saturday, October 30, 2004
NAME OF EVENT:
The State of Play II: Reloaded
DESCRIPTION:
The State of Play is an annual conference that brings together legal scholars and practitioners, computer scientists, game designers, and entrepreneurs to explore the next frontier in the evolution of cyberspace: virtual worlds. Last year`s conference, The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds, introduced the emerging legal, economic, cultural, and sociological issues in these three-dimensional computer environments. The State of Play: Reloaded continues the conversation, highlighting the themes of the role of intellectual property and governance in virtual worlds.
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
-- Cory Ondrejka, Vice President of Product Development, Linden Lab (creators of Second Life)
-- Raph Koster, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Online Entertainment
-- Julian Dibbell, Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine
-- Randy Farmer, Community Strategic Analyst, Yahoo!, Inc. and creator, Habitat
-- Jack Balkin, Yale Law School
-- Betsy Book, BBI Systems and creator, Virtual Worlds Review
-- Steve Salyer, President, Internet Gaming Entertainment
-- Celia Pearce, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
TOPICS:
-- Should we import copyright and trademark into virtual spaces? Can we exclude them?
-- Should legislatures protect virtual world property?
-- What are the possibilities for using virtual spaces to practice the activities of real-world democracy?
-- Should virtual worlds be treated as separate jurisdictions with their own evolving norms and forms of dispute resolution?
-- What is the potential for using virtual worlds to promote democracy and self-governance?
SPONSORS:
New York Law School, Institute for Information Law and Policy
Yale Law School, Information Society Project
TIME:
Registration starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 28; the conference`s public sessions continue until 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 30
ADDRESS/LOCATION:
New York Law School, 57 Worth Street,
New York, N.Y. 10013
CONTACT:
Edith Sachs, New York Law School, 212.431.2187
ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL:
Located near the centers of law, government, and finance in New York City, New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. Its faculty of noted and prolific scholars has built the school`s curricular strength in the areas of tax law, labor and employment law, civil and human rights law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and interdisciplinary fields such as legal history and legal ethics. The Law School enrolls 1,400 students and has more than 11,000 graduates.
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