Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law

Name: Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781800883543
Price: 2711.15 HKD
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Author: Gaetano Dimita; Yin Harn Lee; Michaela MacDonald; Marc D. Mimler
ISBN: 9781800883543

Edited by Gaetano Dimita · Yin Harn Lee · Michaela MacDonald · Marc D. Mimler

Edward Elgar Publishing March 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781800883543
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: March 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In this innovative Research Handbook, expert contributors provide insights into the legal and regulatory challenges shaping digital games and interactive entertainment. Organized around the themes of gameplay, community, and commerce, the volume explores the complex legal landscape surrounding games as creative works, digital environments, and dynamic commercial ecosystems.

Covering a broad range of aspects from copyright and patents to human rights and environmental regulation, this Research Handbook presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the future of interactive entertainment. It sheds light on cutting-edge topics in the field such as the use of artificial intelligence in game development, gaming in the Metaverse, modding, and virtual economies. Contributing authors assess legal frameworks from a variety of jurisdictions, with a focus on regional differences in intellectual property and platform regulation. Chapters showcase tools for navigating this complex and rapidly evolving legal landscape, clarifying how law affects game design and underlining the protection of creative and commercial assets.

Academics and students in intellectual property law and information and media law will greatly benefit from this Research Handbook’s exploration of emerging issues. Featuring practical insights, it is also an invaluable resource for legal practitioners within or advising the games, tech, and creative industries, as well as creative professionals.

Acknowledgements ix; Introduction: from code to culture – Understanding games and interactive; entertainment as complex intellectual property works 1; 1.
Interactive entertainment law – the manifesto 6: Gaetano Dimita, Yin Harn Lee, Michaela MacDonald and Marc Mimler; 2.
Ludology and copyright subject matter 10: Anthony Catton; 3.
Key topics in interactive entertainment patent law 29: Kirk A. Sigmon and Tom Hamer; 4.
Tolerated use 2.0: user-generated content, no action policies, and controlled: monetisation of fan works in the video game industry 45; Mitchell Longan; 5.
Video games and user rights in copyright law 69: Alina Trapova; 6.
The player in copyright law 83: Amy Thomas; 7.
AI and video games 96: Keri Grieman; 8.
Modding 111: Yin Harn Lee; 9.
Player community control and EULAs: a governance tool disguised as a: license agreement 135; Kim Barker; 10.
The metaverse is not dead, but hiding in plain sight 157: Micaela Mantegna; 11.
Intellectual property and the Japanese media mix: video games between: fan culture and business strategies 171; Marc Mimler and Tetsuya Imamura; 12.
Protecting the human rights of esports competitors 198: Ryan Gauthier and Pedro José Mercado Jaén; 13.
Towards a human rights-based approach to video game accessibility 228: Justine Bouquier; 14.
A proposal for a Players’ Bill of Rights 248: Salvatore Fasciana; 15.
The AoE (Area of Effect) of video games: a legal overview of the: environmental impacts of video games 273; Thomas Burelli and Alexandre Lillo; 16.
Cloud gaming: supply chains and competition concerns 300: Johan David Michels and Christopher Millard; 17.
Video games and competition law 332: Ryan Stones; 18.
Challenges in classifying virtual environments for tax research 363: Anna Vvedenskaya