Bibliography of New Literature on Virtual Worlds
From Rockcliffe Library System
Covering new literature published in 2008, 2009, 2010; includes books and articles; links to no-fee versions on the web are made where possible.
Ability to Pay and the Taxation of Virtual Income, by Adam S. Chodorow, Tennessee Law Review, Volume 75 Number 4 Summer 2008, p. 695 - .
Anti-social Contracts: The Contractual Governance of Virtual Worlds, by Joshua A.T. Fairfield, McGill Law Journal, Volume 53 Number 3 Autumn 2008, p. 427 - .
The Application of Real World Rules to Banks in Online Games and Virtual Worlds by Daniela Rosette, University of Miami Business L. Rev. v. 16 no. 2 Spr./Summer 2008.
Avatar Business Value Analysis: A Method for the Evaluation of Business Value Creation in Virtual Commerce, by Arakji, Reina Y. and Lang, Karl Reiner, Journal of Economic Commerce Research, 2008. Available at SSRN.
Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Studies the Virtually Human, by Tom Boellstorff. Princeton University Press, 2008. (Book)
The Coming Age of Virtual Worlds: How Immersive, Interactive, Identity-Based Technologies Can Change Online Life, Ted Tschang and Jordi Comas, Working Paper Series, Feb. 3, 2009.
Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds, Orin S. Kerr, University of Chicago Legal Forum, v. 2008, p. 415-
Drawing a Roadmap: Barriers and Challenges to Designing the Ideal Virtual World for Higher Education by Chris Johnson, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 5 (September/October 2008).
Educational Frontiers: Learning in a Virtual World, by Cynthia M. Calongne, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 5 (September/October 2008).
Emerging Standards in Virtual Fashion: An Analysis of Critical Strategies Used in Second Life Fashion Blogs HICSS '09. 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009. p. 1-10.
The End of the (Virtual) World, by Joshua Fairfield. Accepted Paper Series, Published on SSRN, May 19, 2010.
Examining Real World Correlates in the Virtual World by Austin Cleary. Working Paper Series, October 21, 2009. Available at SSRN.
Excavating Second Life: Cyber-Archaeologies, Heritage and Virtual Communities by Rodney Harrison, Journal of Material Culture, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 75-106, 2009. (Abstract only)
Fantasy Crime: The Role of Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds, Susan W. Brenner, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Volume 11 Number 1 Fall 2008, p. 1-
The Fizzy Experiment: Second Life, Virtual Property and a 1L Property Course by Townsend Gard, Elizabeth and Goda, Rachel, Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 08-07; Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 915, 2008. Available at SSRN.
From the Laboratory to the Virtual World: Applications for Financial Reporting Research by Robert J. Bloomfield and Kristina Rennekamp. Accepted Paper Series, Available on SSRN, posted Feb. 28, 2009.
Getting to Conscionable: Negotiating Virtual Worlds' End User License Agreements Without Getting Externally Regulated by Brendan James Gilbert. Working Paper Series, Available on SSRN, posted April 9, 2009.
Higher Education as Virtual Conversation, by Sarah Robbins-Bell, Educause Review, v. 45 no. 5 (September/October 2008).
iTax: An Analysis of the Law and Policies Behind the Taxation of Property Transactions in a Virtual World, David J. Mack, Administrative L. Review, v. 60 no. 3, Summer 2008, p. 749-
"Law in A Networked World" Symposium issue, 2008 University of Chicago Legal Forum; complete issue devoted to the topic
Leave Those Orcs Alone: Property Rights in Virtual Worlds, Kevin Edward Deenihan, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, Working Paper Series, published on SSRN, March 28, 2008.
Learning and Teaching in the Virtual World of Second Life, edited by Judith Molka-Danielsen and Mats Deutschmann. Tapir Academic Press, 2009. (Book)
Linden Dollar and Virtual Monetary Policy, by Ernstberger, Philip, Working Paper Series, January 23, 2009. Available at SSRN.
Linden Lab: Crossing the Chasm by Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld, HBS Case No. 809-147, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Unit, April 16, 2009. Available on SSRN.
Looking to the Future: Higher Education in the Metaverse by Chris Collins, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 5 (September/October 2008).
On the (Partially-)Inalienable Rights of Participants in Virtual Communities by Nic Suzor, Media International Australia, Vol. 130, p. 90+ Available on SSRN, posted April 17, 2009.
Optimal Pricing and Permissions Strategy for Virtual Good Creators in Second Life by Ba, Sulin and Ke, Dan, September 15, 2008. Available at SSRN.
Pirates Among the Second Life Islands – Why You Should Monitor the Misuse of Your Intellectual Property in Online Virtual Worlds by Ben Quarmby, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Volume 26 Number 3 2009, p. 667-
Playing in the Virtual Arena: Avatars, Publicity, and Identity Reconceptualized Through Virtual Worlds and Computer Games Jon M. Garon, Chapman L. Rev. Volume 11 Number 3 Spring 2008, p.465- ; Posted on SSRN.
Policy and Legal Challenges of Virtual Worlds and Social Network Sites, Holger M. Kienle, Andreas Lober, Hausi A. Müller, First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Law (RELAW) Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
Portrait of an Artist as an Avatar, by Sara Corbett, NY Times, Mar. 5, 2009.
Property Rights in Virtual Reality: All's Fair in Life and Warcraft? by Sharon K. Lowry, Texas Wesleyan Law Review Volume 15 Number 1 Fall 2008, p. 109 - .
Quality of Virtual Life by Thomas Novak. Accepted Paper Series, Published on SSRN, May 12, 2010.
Securities Regulation in a Virtual World, by Shannon L. Thompson, UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Volume 16 Number 1 Winter 2009, p. 89 -.
The Shot Heard Around Virtual Worlds: The Emergence and Future of Unconscionability in Agreements Relating to Property in Virtual Worlds, by Ryan Kreighauser, UMKC L. Review, v. 76 no. 4, Summer 2008, p. 1077-
Smoothing Some Wrinkles in Online Dispute Resolution, by Bruce L. Mann, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, v. 17 no. 1, p. 83-112, 2008.
Sources of Law and Modes of Governance - Ethnography and Theory in Second Life, by Claude T. Aiken, University of Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy, Forthcoming, June 18, 2008. Available at SSRN.
Surveying the Virtual World: A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI), by Mark Bell, Edward Castronova, and Gert Wagner. Working Paper Series, Aug. 2009. Available at SSRN.
Taxation Policy in Virtual Worlds: Issues Raised by Second Life and Other Unstructured Games, by Terando, William D., Mennecke, Brian, Janvrin, Diane Joyce and Dilla, William N., Journal of Legal Tax Research, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 94-107, Fall 2008. Available at SSRN.
These Great Urbanist Games: New Babylon and Second Life, by Thomas M. Malaby, Working Paper Series, Jan. 29, 2009. Available on SSRN.
Transactions of Virtual Items in Virtual Worlds, Michael Passman, Albany Law J. of Science and Technology, v. 18 no. 1, 2008. p. 259-
User Created Content in Virtual Worlds and Cultural Diversity by Mira Burri-Nenova, NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper No. 2009/1
Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to the Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI, by Mark W. Bell, Edward Castronova, and Gert G. Wagner. Published on SSRN July 31, 2008.
Virtual World Commerce: An Exploratory Study, by Chesney, Thomas and Noke, Hannah, Nottingham University Business School Research Paper No. 2008-03. (October 17, 2008). Available at SSRN.
Virtual World Feudalism, by Grimmelmann, James Taylor Lewis, Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, Vol. 118, p. 126, 2009 ; NYLS Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08/09 #24. Available at SSRN.
Virtual Worlds as Petri Dishes for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Edward Castronova and Matthew Falk, Indiana University Bloomington, Working Paper Series, Published on SSRN December 8, 2008.
Virtual Worlds? "Outlook Good" by AJ Kelton, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 5 (September/October 2008).
Virtual Worlds: A New Reality for Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by M. Macedonia, Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE, v. 29 no. 1, Jan.- Feb. 2009. p. 86-88.
Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries: Librarians and Educators in Second Life and Other Multi-User Virtual Environments, Edited by Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman. Information Today, Inc., 2008. (Book)
What Virtual Worlds Can do for Property Law by Juliet M. Moringiello, Florida Law Review, Forthcoming, Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-08, available on SSRN, posted April 28, 2009.
When is a Game Only a Game?: The Taxation of Virtual Worlds, by Theodore P. Seto, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2008-24, August 12, 2008.
Why Virtual Worlds Can Matter, Douglas Thomas, John Seely Brown, International J. of Learning and Media, v. 1 no. 1, Winter 2009, p. 37-49. Free access is allowed for the first issue.
The World of Bizcraft by Robert Bloomfield. Accepted Paper Series, Published on SSRN, Oct. 2009.
