Statement Listing

From Ludium

IP - Statement

1.9 - 9 - There should be a self-governance group of virtual world stakeholders
1.5 - 9 - We urge research into virtual worlds as places with untapped potential, providing new and positive experiences and effects
2.9 - 9 - Define players' bill of rights (free speech, right to assemble, to organize)
1.3 - 8 - We support the creation of a universal age verification system to support the individual rights of all users
1.4 - 6 - We urge the inclusion of plain language EULA statements to enable all individuals to understand their rights and courts to construe contracts to protect those rights
1.1 - 6 - Designers should have freedom of expression
2.3 - 5 - Game developers shall not be liable for the actions taken by the players
3.1 - 5 - Access is critical to virtual worlds. Net neutrality must be maintained
2.2 - 4 - Recognize that fair use may apply in synthetic worlds which enable amateur creation of original works
3.3 - 4 - Comprehensive package of funding for educational games research, development, and literacy
1.7 - 4 - There are different types of virtual worlds, with different policy implications
2.6 - 3 - Congress should encourage the growth of synthetic worlds by restricting taxation to the moment of realized gain in conventional currencies.
1.8 - 3 - The less government regulation, the better
1.11 - 3 - There is a rich 30-year history of virtual worlds, over which time a set of best practices has emerged which policy-makers should take into account
1.2 - 2 - We urge the research of gender-specific virtual world experiences
1.6 - 2 - Players should be notified well in advance of substantial change that would affect the nature of the virtual world
3.6 - 2 - Basic Privacy: No third party voyeurism or copying
2.10 - 1 - For live roleplaying, liability waivers are a valid form of legal protection
3.8 - 1 - There should be further investigation of the ability to translate items and avatars across virtual worlds
3.7 - 1 - Recognize Jurisdiction: States have the ability to regulate to protect their citizens
2.8 - 1 - Advertising facilitated by world owner must be fully disclosed
2.7 - 1 - Universal access tax per subscriber (versus tax per transaction) to pay for universal broadband access
2.4 - 1 - Congress should resolve that legislators and judges, as policy makers, should use and become familiar with synthetic world technology.
3.9 - 0 - Judicial Decisionality: Transparency, Expeditiousness, Finality, based on labor model
3.10 - 0 - "You Always Have a Job": We advocate the development of a virtual world that offers online work distribution, competition, payment, and training globally to make available participation in the global economy to all, to alleviate economic inequalities