2005-10-08

The Great Debate


""" Is thinking about virtual worlds as distinct legal realms a misguided form of utopianism? Or do we need a transnational approach to make sense of the distinctive legal problems that cyberspace seems to produce? If the net is a separate legal sphere, where should its laws come from? What form of governance should it have? Will rules established and enforced within virtual worlds be entitled to deference from local governments and when? To what kinds of virtual worlds or cyberspaces should which rules about jurisdiction apply? Does anything about the medium of virtual worlds change the debate or what have we learned in the last decade? """

Teh Proposition: "A legal system based on geography, territory and physical force is inappropriate for virtual worlds."

"the internet seperatists are denying reality"

"by restricting people with laws, you are enabling freedom"