On July 7th 2011, Verisign issued a statement declaring that all .com, .net, .org and many other

The Entertainment Software Association have fought to overturn the Brown case and similar laws involving the ban of violent video games (Video Software Dealers Ass 'n, et al. v. Schwarzenegger). The ESA won all of these previous cases based on the fact of the

The argument essay “Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing” by Alex Weiss, starts off by him revealing the story of the Dutch Supreme Court that is convicting a 13-year old teenager of virtually stealing another players amulet and shield. Alex then proceeds to elucidate “disappointing teenage years” while participating in massively multiplayer online video games as a thief. He then starts to discuss the ethics and rules of frequent massive multiplayer online games and brings up evidence on how it is not against the policy of

Many online gamers will pay for virtual items with real money. Some people want laws in effect for the real world to protect their rights to their belongings. Theft in the virtual world occurs quite often. In an article titled, “Should Gamers be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?” the author Alex Weiss calls out a young teenage boy who is being prosecuted for stealing in a video game. It seems to be a legal blunder that is very straight forward, but becomes a heated debate. It begins with the argument should we prosecute a gamer for stealing via the virtual world? Alex Weiss is correct in saying that prosecution for virtual

Many organizations, such as schools and workplaces, usually block games sites so that they cannot be accessed from their networks. These organization block game sites to increase concentration and performance of their workers and students. This is because many games are engaging and easily steer one away from their daily organizational performance targets. However, games are not all that bad and too many restrictions against playing them is unnecessary. This is because they create fun and happiness in boring situations and lighten the overall mood of people around gamers. Fortunately, experts in IT and the gaming industry have managed to unblock some of these games allowing gamers to access them wherever they are. One of the unblocked games with a thrilling experience and addictive capability is the Diepio Unblocked.

Cheeseman, H. R. (2010). The legal environment of business and online commerce: Business ethics, e-commerce, regulatory, and international issues. (6th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Given all that I have read in preparing this paper, I have come to the conclusion that without a set of globally-accepted rules, we should not be censoring the Internet except where these rules are being broken. We could perhaps get agreement for those things that are obviously illegal and unethical (child pornography), but what about other areas such as gambling (is it legal but

The Internet’s continuous advancement has produced the need for an on-going debate on whether or not the government should have the power to control the Internet. The idea of the government having control over what each country’s citizens can see on the Internet is also called Internet Censorship. Internet Censorship “is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet.” Internet Censorship varies from country to country depending on each country’s current usage and philosophy of how it should be used. (toptenreviews.com) Currently, there are ten countries including

Claim: Loot boxes and micro-transactions within video games are a manipulative and unethical way for gaming companies to make monetary gains. I was aware of this issue but had never realized it's significance until Breandan persuaded me that it not only was an issue, but was also something that we could fight.

Third, the Pegasus FVEY internet rule of law document needs to be produced. Document should initially focus on accountability. Cyber crime violations will be coordinated and executed in two categories’; state and non-state actor cyber crimes. First, state sponsored cyber crimes will fall under the legal jurisdiction of the attacked and attacker FVEY nation. Political, economic, and sovereign sensitivities must be respected. Non-state actors will legally fall under affected FVEY Justice Departments for prosecution, coordination, and extradition back to home country.

Back in 1996, the explosion of online casino gambling swept the world. The United States had been a large part of this, and many gamblers had turned to online casinos for all of their gaming. For many years, these casinos continued to be played unabated. Unfortunately, back in 2006, legislation was passed that made it slightly difficult for online casinos to continue to operate. This legislation, sneaked in by piggyback through the Safe Port Act, would be named the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and it became a thorn in the side of the online gambler, the online casino, and all payment processors there in.

According the case study article The information Economy, “enforcing property rights is costly, and this diminishes the incentive to create new products and new ideas.” Basically, once someone access to something, pirated videos, music, and computer games and software can be shared online. The US copyright Group go after IP addresses that do illegal downloads which brings no royalties to the inventors, producers, programmers or artists no wages to industry workers and does generate taxes to the government. And being prosecuted in the U.S. is different in other countries because of different viewpoints and laws.

On the other hand, the US does not actively regulate the internet, relying on the public to regulate content on the internet, with little government intervention. The internet in the US is relatively open, whereas in China, information on the internet is suppressed based on what the Chinese government deems appropriate or inappropriate. Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, has stated, “Countries that heavily censor the ‘Net are creating a new ‘Information Curtain’ to rival the old Iron Curtain of the Cold War era.”(Anderson)

The legal issues faced by the video game industry include trademarks, copyrights, licensing, online ownership, revenue recognition and demands of

Such policy seems to be working with plagiarism at e.g. Universities, but in term of intellectual property the intangible aspect of the product makes it more difficult to control. Therefore stopping online piracy is easier said than done, as it would require enormous human resources from a government to track down illegal websites and taking a legal action against them leading to the closure. One case study worth following regarding this issue was on the major streaming website TV SHACK.net has been seized many times by the US government and it kept changing the domain addresses to overseas addresses as .co or .bz. The owner, 23 year old student Richard O’Dwyer from Sheffield has been charged with copyright infringement and the US Justice Department has been seeking to extradite him from the UK since May 2011 – BBC reports. Streaming itself is a grey area in many countries, i.e. Germany, where it is not perceived as downloading but has been sourced using illegal means. Compared with the legal issues and the fact that the content was stored on foreign servers the law enforcement was extremely difficult, but now it has been set an example worldwide of tackling with piracy. On entering the internet address now a video clip displays which in a humoristic educated people on what piracy is and how much a “free” movie really cost. Such attempt is one of the suggested ways in dealing with piracy through

Development in technology brings many things that people don't have many years back. One of these things is online gaming that is provided by the internet.