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8 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 1 (2006)
EULAw: The Complex Web of Corporate Rule-Making in Virtual Worlds

handle is hein.journals/tuljtip8 and id is 5 raw text is: TULANE JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VOLUME 8 SPRING 2006 EULAw: The Complex Web of Corporate Rule-Making in Virtual Worlds Andrew Jankowich I. NTRODUCTION: PARALLEL WORLDS, DIVERGENT LAWS ............... 2 A . M ethodology ......................................................................... 5 B. You're In Our WorldNow! TheAuthority To Make Rules i Virtual Worlds .......................................................... 7 C Why Use EULAw? ............................................................... 11 II. ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPLEXITY ................................................. 12 A. Accessibility and Complexity The Gatekeepers of E U LA w ................................................................................ 12 B. A ccessibility ......................................................................... 12 C Com plexity ........................................................................... 16 D Angst over Interpretation and Information ......................... 20 i . ID ENTITY ........................................................................................ 2 1 A. Identity andAnonymity ........................................................ 21 B. Naming Restrictions ............................................................ 24 C Restrictions on Use ............................................................... 25 D. The Limits ofldentiy: Role-Playing as a Defense ........... 27 I. SPEECH RESTRICTIONS .................................................................. 28 A. Speech Restrictions: Controversial Speech ....................... 28 B. Speech Restrictions. Web Site and Chat Rules .................. 30 C Speech Restrictions: 99 Problems You Can 't Talk About: Discussion ofBugs ................................................ 31 D Speech: Restrictions on Protest ........................................... 33 E Power over Speech: The Virtual Panopticon ...................... 35 * Contact Information: Andrew Jankowich, 32 Shepard St., #32, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-497-1171, aej 12@verizon.net. Thanks to Danielle Gray for her insightful comments.

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