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Virtual Worlds, Real Regulation – Richard Allan 22nd July 2008

Virtual Worlds, Real Regulation – Richard Allan 22nd July 2008. Context – Q+A. On the subject of virtual worlds and regulation I …. … have a high degree of knowledge/expertise … know something but am by no means expert … know very little or nothing about it. Context - Results.

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Virtual Worlds, Real Regulation – Richard Allan 22nd July 2008

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  1. Virtual Worlds, Real Regulation – Richard Allan 22nd July 2008

  2. Context – Q+A On the subject of virtual worlds and regulation I … • …have a high degree of knowledge/expertise • … know something but am by no means expert • … know very little or nothing about it

  3. Context - Results • … have a high degree of knowledge/expertise • … know something but am by no means expert • … know nothing or very little

  4. Seven Regulatory Challenges Morality Money Mere Conduit Property Privacy Propriety Politics

  5. Morality

  6. Money

  7. Mere Conduit-edness

  8. Property

  9. Privacy The UK definition of personal data (Data Protection Act 1998): “personal data” means data which relate to a living individual who can be identified— (a) from those data, or (b) from those data and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller, and includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual;

  10. Propriety

  11. Politics and Mass Audiovisual Media

  12. Proposition 1 – Virtual Worlds are not geography-free but need a regulatory “home”

  13. Proposition 2 – Any form of currency will invite close control by governments

  14. Proposition 3 – In-world characters have no ‘rights’ beyond in-world rules

  15. Proposition 4 – People carry rights such as privacy with them into virtual worlds

  16. Proposition 5 – Horizontal relationships change the nature of internet activity

  17. Proposition 6 – We will all need to get used to living with alternative identities

  18. Proposition 7 – Audiovisual media holds a ‘unique power’ for politicians

  19. Seven Regulatory Propositions Geography (increasingly)Matters Money Matters (too much) Fictional People Don’t Matter (much) Real People’s Privacy Matters Horizontal Relationships Matter Multiple Identities Matter Mass Media Matters (politically)

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