Third Annual State of Play Conference on Law and Virtual Worlds to Examine 'Social Revolutions'.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- New York Law School History New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The Law School was founded in 1891 by a group of faculty, students, and alumni of Columbia Law School led by their founding dean, Theodore William Dwight, a prominent figure in the : Participants will explore social interaction, collective action in massively multiplayer online games “MMO” redirects here. For other uses, see MMO (disambiguation). Massively multiplayer online game (also called MMOG or simply MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. on October October: see month. 6-8, 2005 at New York Law School
DATE: Thursday, October 6-Saturday, October 8, 2005
EVENT: State of Play III: Social Revolutions
DESCRIPTION: State of Play: Law and Virtual Worlds is an
annual conference that brings together legal
scholars and practitioners, computer
scientists, game designers, and entrepreneurs
to explore the next frontier in cyberspace:
virtual worlds. This year, State of Play III:
Social Revolutions will focus on social
relationships in the real-time, three-
dimensional virtual Internet of massively
multiplayer online games. Panels and workshops
will explore how to build and evolve vibrant,
flourishing, creative spaces for social
interaction and collective action.
CONVENED BY: -- Institute for Information Law & Policy,
New York Law School
-- Information Society Project, Yale Law
School
-- Berkman Center for Internet & Society,
Harvard Law School.
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS
INCLUDE: -- Cory Ondrejka, Vice President of Product
Development, Linden Lab (creators of Second
Life)
-- Raph Koster, Chief Creative Officer, Sony
Online Entertainment
-- Julian Dibbell, Contributing Editor, Wired
Magazine
-- Beth Noveck, Associate Professor of Law and
Director of the Institute for Information
Law and Policy, New York Law School
-- John Palfrey, Executive Director, Berkman
Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law
School
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: -- Stock Markets in Virtual Worlds: A look at
financial speculation and experimentation
in virtual worlds, with a focus on virtual
securities
-- Architecture in Virtual Worlds: Architects,
lawyers, and game designers talk about the
future of public space in the virtual world
-- Law of Virtual Worlds: A panel of virtual
world law experts looks at Grokster, Brand
X, and the Marvel Comics litigation from
the perspective of massively multiplayer
online games and their future
-- Building the Global Metaverse: Examining
the law and borders of virtual worlds from
a comparative and global perspective
SPONSORS: -- Institute for Information Law and Policy,
New York Law School
-- Berkman Center for Internet & Society,
Harvard Law School
-- Kenyon & Kenyon
LOCATION: New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, New York,
N.Y. 10013
INFORMATION/
REGISTRATION: www.nyls.edu/stateofplay +No charge to members
of the press+
PRESS CONTACT: Edith Sachs, New York Law School, 212.431.2187,
esachs@nyls.edu
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