Earlier this year, Jim Gatto, leader of Pillsbury's Virtual Worlds and Video Games multi-disciplinary team, presented at The Cyberlaw Student Association at George Washington University. The presentation focused on the explosive growth of user-generated content, social networking, social games, virtual goods and virtual worlds. The presentation also touched on some of the uses of virtual worlds (education, simulation, historical preservation). Jim concluded the presentation with an in-depth look at some of the emerging legal issues associated with these developing social networking, training and branding tools.
The Cyberlaw Student Association is a student group at the George Washington University Law School dedicated to promoting interest in cyberlaw issues and helping students practice cyberlaw after graduation.
The presentation can be viewed here: final -- Presentation to GW Cyberlaw Student Association.pdf
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