Research Catalog

Title

The law of virtual worlds and Internet social networks / Andrew Sparrow.

Author

Sparrow, Andrew Peter

Publication

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower Pub., c2010.

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Details

Description

xii, 249 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Internet > Law and legislation
• Shared virtual environments > Law and legislation > Great Britain
• Online social networks > Law and legislation > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The advent of the avatar -- Entering into the virtual world and v-commerce contract formation -- Legal terms and conditions governing participation in virtual worlds -- The minimum content the law requires for virtual world and social network websites -- Protecting and exploiting intellectual property rights in virtual worlds and social networks -- Marketing, promotion and advertising of internet social networks and virtual worlds -- Protecting personal privacy in virtual worlds and social networks -- The distance selling regulations and sales through virtual worlds -- Agreements between virtual worlds or social networks and infrastructure providers -- Strategic agreements between virtual worlds and aggregators of the service -- Protecting corporate and individual reputation in virtual worlds and social networks -- Disability discrimination considerations with virtual worlds and social networks -- Employment law issues and employees' participation in virtual worlds.

ISBN

• 9780566088506 (hbk)
• 0566088509 (hbk)
• 9780754692041 (ebk)
• 0754692043 (ebk)

LCCN

^^2009033045

OCLC

• 432315129
• SCSB-10469192

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library