News and Research articles on Terms of service

Volume 3, Issue 4
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Virtual worlds players – consumers or citizens?

Edina Harbinja, University of Strathclyde
PUBLISHED ON: 15 Oct 2014 DOI: 10.14763/2014.4.329

Recognising the concept of constitutionalisation of virtual worlds (such as Second Life or World of Warcraft), this paper argues for a more nuanced approach towards the recognition of virtual assets of users.

KEYWORDS: Virtual worlds, End User Licence Agreements, Consumer protection, Multi-User Dungeon (MUD), Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMOPG), Terms of service, Virtual asset
Volume 2, Issue 3

Law of the cloud: on the supremacy of the user interface over copyright law

Primavera De Filippi, Research and Studies Center of Administrative Science (CERSA/CNRS), Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Jul 2013 DOI: 10.14763/2013.3.175

The provisions of copyright law can potentially be bypassed by cloud computing applications whose interface is designed to regulate the access, use and reuse of online content.

KEYWORDS: Copyright, User interface, Terms of service, License, Public domain, Enclosure, Private regulation, Cloud computing
Jurisdiction

Time to take stock: twelve internet and jurisdiction trends in retrospect

Paul Fehlinger, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network

PUBLISHED ON: 11 Apr 2013

With the growing tension between the cross-border internet and the patchwork of national jurisdictions, it becomes crucial to keep track of key global trends that drive the debate on appropriate frameworks. Based on the 2012 monitoring work of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project, twelve high-level patterns can be identified. Paul Fehlinger of the I&J project reports.