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dc.contributor.authorRoncallo-Dow, Sergioen_UK
dc.contributor.authorUribe-Jongbloed, Enriqueen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBarker, Kimen_UK
dc.contributor.authorScholz, Tobiasen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-21T23:08:26Z-
dc.date.available2016-11-21T23:08:26Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24552-
dc.description.abstractIn Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) and virtual worlds, the idea of authors seems to have ‘died’ or been ‘wiped out,’ at least from the perspective of users. The concept of authorship does not receive adequate attention or recognition in MMOs and online games in particular appear to deprive authors of their rights, both legally and morally. Users of MMOs are required to consent to the deprivation of rights in both authorship and intellectual property before they can access multi-user environments. This deprives users of their rights as authors. This paper will show that currently acceptable practice is problematic and leads to a decrease of innovation. Furthermore, it will consider a fresh approach to such issues, in light of the idea of authors as producers and as a vivid force for innovation. In addition to this, consideration will be given to the idea of collective authorship. Rather than a strictly legal analysis, this paper will explore a legal and media approach to authorship in MMOs.  The concept of authorship will be considered initially from three vantage points: Barthes’ death of the author, Foucault’s author as a function, and von Hippel’s concept of democratic innovation. These considerations will be developed to present our perspective that the author goes beyond the producing subject to become a function of a process of collective construction. The function of the author within an MMO follows the process the author assumes in this virtual world. Hence, the moral rights upon the creative production remain with every author, whereas the collective compilation becomes an untraceable product, which dissolves within the collective process of production itself. As such, authorship, once collective, cannot be disentangled into specific parts of the whole. Copyright and moral rights in virtual worlds and MMOs must reflect this - otherwise what is the underlying purpose of copyright? At the very least, the notion of authorship ought to be acknowledged and rights attributed to those who are responsible for the creativity. Furthermore acknowledgement of the author is necessary to signal to other potential authors to distribute their ideas to these virtual worlds and thereby share innovative ideas within the virtual worlds. The motivation to contribute ideas is linked with any form of recognition for the work. After all, these online spaces are persistent and ever developing, and this cannot happen without the user base, or as we argue, the authors.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherJournal of Virtual Worlds Researchen_UK
dc.relationRoncallo-Dow S, Uribe-Jongbloed E, Barker K & Scholz T (2013) Authorship in Virtual Worlds: Authors Death to Rights Revival?. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 6 (3). https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6361; https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v6i3.6361en_UK
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectLawen_UK
dc.subjectOnline Gamesen_UK
dc.subjectCopyrighten_UK
dc.subjectAuthorshipen_UK
dc.subjectUser Rightsen_UK
dc.titleAuthorship in Virtual Worlds: Authors Death to Rights Revival?en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.4101/jvwr.v6i3.6361en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Virtual Worlds Researchen_UK
dc.citation.issn1941-8477en_UK
dc.citation.volume6en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttps://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6361en_UK
dc.author.emailkimberley.barker@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of La Sabanaen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCatholic University of the North (Universidad Católica del Norte)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLawen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Siegenen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid547029en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-4446-3480en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-10-10en_UK
dc.subject.tagIntellectual Property Lawen_UK
dc.subject.tagInternet Lawen_UK
dc.subject.tagCopyrighten_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorRoncallo-Dow, Sergio|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorUribe-Jongbloed, Enrique|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBarker, Kim|0000-0003-4446-3480en_UK
local.rioxx.authorScholz, Tobias|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-11-11en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-11-11|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameAuthorship and Copyright in Virtual Worlds (JVWR) 2013.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source1941-8477en_UK
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