You're in our world now: ownership and access in the proprietary community of an MMOG
(2007) You're in our world now: ownership and access in the proprietary community of an MMOG, in Sugumaran, Vijayan, Eds. Intelligent information technologies: concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications, pages pp. 2058-2072. Information Science Reference (IGI Global).
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Abstract
This chapter considers how the interactive and social nature of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) presents challenges to systems of organisation, control and regulation used for more conventional media products. It examines how the interactive structures of games cast players as producers of content, not merely consumers. This productive role creates a distributed production network that challenges the ideas of authorship which underpin copyright and intellectual property. The role of the publishers is shown to encompass community, as well as intellectual property, management. The communities generated within these games are a key source of economic benefit to the publishers. The contract that determines the conditions of access and the forms of governance inside proprietary worlds is considered in light of this newly intensified relationship between commerce and community. Questions are raised about the accountability of publishers, the role of the market and the state in determining conditions of access.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Status: | Published |
| Place of Publication: | Hersey, PA |
| Subjects: | 410000 The Arts 410000 The Arts > 410300 Cinema, Electronic Arts and Multimedia > 410303 Multimedia 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420304 Screen and Media Culture 420000 Language and Culture 410000 The Arts > 410300 Cinema, Electronic Arts and Multimedia |
| ID Code: | 10610 |
| Deposited By: | Free, Pat |
| Deposited On: | 09 November 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?id=6938 |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2007 Information Science Reference (IGI Global) |
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