98 Pages
by Routledge

98 Pages
by Routledge

98 Pages
by Routledge

The video game industry is big business, not only in terms of the substantial revenue generated through retail sales of games themselves, but also in terms of the size and value of parallel and secondary markets. Consider any popular video game today, and you most likely are looking at a franchise that includes not only the game itself and all of its variants but also toys, books, movies, and... Read more



Chapter 1: Introduction





Chapter 2: Copyright and Video Games





Chapter 3: Legal Issues Beyond Copyright





Chapter 4: The Gaming Community and Fans





Chapter 5: Employment





Chapter 6: Legal Issues With eSports





Chapter 7: Conclusion: The New Normal

Biography



Ron Gard is Director of the Law/Culture/Innovation Initiative and teaches in the Communication department at Tulane University. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society.



Elizabeth Townsend Gard is the Jill. H and Avram A. Glazer Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Tulane University, Director of the Tulane Center for IP, Media & Culture, and teaches intellectual property at Tulane Law School.