Two weeks ago, Ed Cavazos led an interactive talk on the legal complexities and challenges around property, possession, and access in virtual worlds. You can watch the full video recording here thanks to our friends at Capital Factory. Ed’s talk begins immediately. Discussion goes from 0:19 to 1:44. Related Links: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1097392 http://www.lextechnologiae.com/2011/06/17/extending-real-world-laws-to-virtual-worlds-is-a-terrible-idea/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_player#Player_killing http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/wow_eula.html http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eve-online-meet-man-controlling-18-million-space-economy-1447437 http://www.yikyakapp.com/

We know that there are many challenges that the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other online activist/advocacy organizations are confronting today. We’re no longer on the Electronic Frontier – the frontier is more than settled, and now we’re getting into increasingly complex issues of infrastructure and connectivity, digital “property,” mass online surveillance, police surveillance, etc. Organizations…