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    Research Handbook on the Metaverse and Law by DiMatteo, Larry A.; Cannarsa, Michel;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
    • Date of Publication 23 August 2024

    • ISBN 9781035324859
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages438 pages
    • Size 244x169 mm
    • Weight 902 g
    • Language English
    • 589

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    This Research Handbook analyses the role of law in a universe fractured by new and disruptive technologies such as metaverse platforms. Contributing authors explore how the law will and must adapt as new dimensions are introduced to issues such as intellectual property rights, e-commerce, NFTs and cryptocurrencies, data privacy, contract law, but also human rights, consumer law and criminal law. The issue of abuse and manipulation of users is the focus of several contributions.

    In this innovative Research Handbook, global experts discuss the philosophical and legal questions raised by the use of immersive platforms for leisure and gaming, as well as professional, commercial and medical activities. The authors employ legal frameworks to understand the metaverse from the perspectives of personality, property, obligation, harm and liability, examining how current law succeeds and falters in regulating the challenges presented by virtual worlds. They consider the dangers to ordinary citizens and vulnerable consumers and provide insights on how legislation should be developed prior to the creation of a fully functioning metaverse in order to prevent the erosion of fundamental human rights.

    This book is a crucial resource for scholars and students of Web 3.0 and AI law. Its comprehensive coverage of the intersection between law and the metaverse is indispensable for professionals in the field.



    This Research Handbook analyses the role of law in a universe fractured by new disruptive technologies such as metaverse platforms. Contributing authors explore how the law will adapt as new dimensions of the metaverse are introduced to issues such as intellectual property rights, e-commerce, NFTs and cryptocurrencies, data privacy, contract law, as well as human rights, consumer law and criminal law. The abuse and manipulation of users is studied in several contributions.

    This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

    ‘To write a real book about virtual worlds is audacious. To write on virtual worlds, such as the metaverse, before it really exists fully, might seem forgetful of reality. To be ready for the deployment of the metaverse (presented as a network of contracts), actors of many fields need to prepare and adapt to these new challenges. The authors give to the community the full picture of the legal challenges and potential solutions, meeting the expectations of everyone interested. This Research Handbook is not about the future or the virtual, it is about preparing today, in reality, what might well happen in virtual worlds in a couple of years from now. This Research Handbook is the perfect tool to answer many of these challenges, in a thoughtful and effective way.’

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    Table of Contents:

    Contents

    Preface xv
    1 Into the metaverse 1
    Larry A. DiMatteo and Michel Cannarsa
    PART I BEYOND THE UNIVERSE
    2 Technology and philosophy of the metaverse: prospective views 9
    Sylvie Allouche and Mathieu Guillermin
    3 Metaverse as a network of contracts 26
    T.F.E. Tjong Tjin Tai and Danielle Op Heij
    4 Role of NFTs, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies 48
    Tristan Girard-Gaymard
    PART II METAVERSE AND CITIZENS
    5 The legal personality of avatars: does ‘A2A’ have any place in the legal
    system of the future? 60
    Mark Fenwick and Stefan Wrbka
    6 Fundamental rights and the metaverse: avatar–player relationships 78
    Letizia Coppo
    7 Consumer protection in the metaverse 97
    Francisco de Elizalde
    8 Metaverse and data protection 117
    Lokke Moerel
    PART III METAVERSE, BUSINESS AND LAW: A NEW MARKET OF
    GOODS AND SERVICES
    9 Metaverse and competition law 158
    Andrea Piletta Massaro
    10 Trade marks and image rights in the metaverse 176
    Enrico Bonadio and Rishabh Anjay Mohnot
    11 Copyright and metaverse 189
    Péter Mezei and Gunjan Chawla Arora
    12 Patent law and metaverse 206
    Iony Randrianirina
    13 Fashion in the metaverse 216
    Barbara Pozzo
    14 Legal services and the metaverse 228
    Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy
    15 E-commerce in virtual worlds: Digital Services Act 244
    Cristina Poncibò and Luigi Cantisani
    PART IV METAVERSE AND PRIVATE LAW
    16 Property in the metaverse 260
    Flora Vern
    17 Contract law in the metaverse 278
    André Janssen
    18 Tort law in the metaverse 291
    Marta Infantino and Mauro Bussani
    PART V GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION
    19 Adaptability of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to the metaverse 310
    Mateja Durovic
    20 Banking laws and the metaverse 334
    Suneel Anand Sundharesan and Anoop Ashok
    21 The metaverse and criminal law 349
    Caroline Peloso
    22 Dispute resolution and the metaverse 360
    Pietro Ortolani
    23 Applicable law in the metaverse: A European international private law
    perspective 374
    Cécile Pellegrini
    24 Beyond the universe 397
    Larry A. DiMatteo and Michel Cannarsa

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