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Policy
Policy issues in virtual worlds see the intersection of law, personal and platform owner rights, and governance. The policy challenges in virtual worlds range from constructing an effective terms of service for a platform, to issues around avatar rights, individual privacy, and how these issues intersect with global and local laws.
March 24th: LIVE from Gametech Orlando - The Future of Virtual Worlds
Join us for a special date and time as Metanomics broadcasts live from Gametech, the annual military conference on games and…
November 8: Virtual Justice - The New Laws of Online Worlds
Virtual worlds often seem like they have their own governments….and their own laws. Whether expressed through a EULA or a Terms of Service Agreement,…
October 12: Noam Chomsky Appears on Metanomics
Metanomics welcomes Professor Noam Chomsky for a very special episode, held on Tuesday October 12th.
Professor Chomsky needs little introduction. Professor of linguistics at the…
October 4th: Playing Games with Economics - Real World Lessons from Virtual Worlds
Can virtual worlds provide insight into economic behavior? Does playing a game equate with how we interact in the physical world? What would a system…
Virtual Worlds, State of the Union: Season Highlights
Since 2007, Metanomics has been at the center of our understanding of the serious uses of virtual worlds. Spanning over 80 episodes, host Add a comment
A State of Affairs: Libertarian Welfare and Its Role in Virtual Communities
How does our understanding of human behavior impact how economic growth is encouraged? What is the role of policy and governance in acting as a…
Live Free and Prosper: Government’s Place in Virtual Worlds and On-line Communities
How should the Internet be governed? What is the role of policy and law in shaping on-line communities? Should we allow anonymity on-line or does…
The Age of Obama: Virtual Worlds, Open Government, and Policy
Video now posted. With a new administration in Washington, what changes can we anticipate in policy and governance, and how will that impact virtual worlds?…
Federal Interest and Cyber Security: Government Takes a Serious Look at Virtual Worlds
A written transcript of this episode is available on Slideshare.
How is government using virtual worlds? What platforms are emerging…
The Credit Crisis
Maureen O’Hara of Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, an expert on real-world…
Virtual Banking Revisited
Virtual Banking Revisited. A follow-up discussion brought in views from outside Second Life, from Joshua Fairfield (Washington and Lee School of Law), Dan Miller (US…
Virtual Banking
Virtual Banking. Two special panel discussions discussed the motivation for and impact of Linden Lab’s banking policy, which was announced in early January, 2008. The…
Taxation of Virtual Worlds
Taxation of Virtual Worlds, with Bryan Camp of Texas Tech University’s School of Law, explores the tax implications of virtual commerce, in game worlds (like…
US Congress Looks at the Metaverse
10/8/2007 U.S. Congress Looks at the Metaverse. Dan Miller, Senior Economist of the Joint Economic Committee is trying to stay a step ahead of the…
Anti-Social Contracts
9/24/2007 Anti-Social Contracts, with law Professor Joshua Fairfield, explored the limitations of the current state of contract law in virtual worlds. Fairfield specializes in the…
Metanomics 101
9/17/2007 Metanomics 101 set out Professor Robert Bloomfield’s view of Metanomics, laying out all three major subfields (experimentalist, immersionist and augmentationist).
On September 17th 2007,…
The Age of Exploration: Connecting the Dots
Here are Professor Robert Bloomfield’s prepared remarks for his closing opinion piece for this week’s show:
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