Technical Rules and Legal Rules in Online Virtual Worlds

Online Judgment in the Context of International and National Rules: Ethical and Legal ‎Challenges

Background: Online judgment is an economical and faster way than the judicial one. With the ‎development of technology in recent decades, it has also been possible to make judgments ‎online. Although few countries have incorporated this approach into their laws, online ‎judgments are being developed and implemented in various areas such as international trade or ‎intellectual property. The pres...

چالش‌های اعمال حقوقی تجاری در فضای مجازی

Jurisdiction and applicable law issue in cyberspace is one of the most challenging issues of the private international law, because conventional jurisdiction rules traditionally have territorial origin and are based on border and location while there is no place in cyberspace. This placeless characteristic of cyberspace raised these questions: whether traditional Jurisdiction rules which are b...

Myzel - Selforganization in Networked Worlds

Using a Proof of Concept (PoC) of Myzel, we tested a new concept for an online community game. In contrast to existing simulation games Myzel allows the players to negotiate and change the rules of their virtual world. Apart from minor technical restrictions they have to create rules for legislation, resources, economy political organizations and other areas. This should help players to underst...

Changing the Rules: Social Architectures in Virtual Worlds

Transforming Legal Rules into Online Virtual World Rules: A Case Study in the VirtualLife Platform

The paper addresses the implementation of legal rules in online virtual world software. The development is performed within a peer-to-peer virtual world platform in the frame of the FP7 VirtualLife project. The goal of the project is to create a serious, secure and legally ruled collaboration environment. The novelty of the platform is an in-world legal framework, which is real world compliant....