6. Law and Liberty in Virtual Worlds

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. PART I: Introduction
4. 1. Introduction 3
5. 2. Virtual Worlds 13
6. PART II: Game Gods and Game Players
7. 3. Virtual Worldliness 31
8. 4. Declaring the Rights of Players 55
9. 5. The Right to Play 68
10. 6. Law and Liberty in Virtual Worlds 86
11. PART III: Property and Creativity in Virtual Worlds
12. 7. Virtual Crime 121
13. 8. Owned! 137
14. 9. Virtual Power Politics 146
15. 10. Escaping the Gilded Cage 158
16. 11. There Is No Spoon 180
17. PART IV: Privacy and Identity in Virtual Worlds
18. 12. Who Killed Miss Norway? 189
19. 13. Who’s In Charge of Who I Am? 198
20. 14. Privacy and Data Collection in Virtual Worlds 217
21. PART V: Virtual Worlds and Real-World Power
22. 15. Virtual Worlds, Real Rules 227
23. 16. The New Visual Literacy 245
24. 17. Democracy—The Video Game 257
25. About the Contributors 283
26. Acknowledgments 289
27. Case List 291
28. Index 293