Complexity of Virtual Worlds’ Terms of Service

Kienle, Holger M.; Lober, Andreas; Vasiliu, Crina; Müller, Hausi A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_7

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“…Legal control over users can be exercised via a web system's terms of services. Readability and understandability of the terms is a concern because they (potentially) constitute a contract between the operator and users, and because users have a broad spectrum of educational backgrounds [30] [28]. One study found that these terms have become successively more elaborate between 1998 and 2006 [31].…”

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Legal aspects of web systems

Kienle¹,

Müller

2013

2013 15th IEEE International Symposium on Web Systems Evolution (WSE)

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The web offers a ubiquitous platform for commercial and information-sharing activities, which are realized by a broad spectrum of web systems. Not surprisingly, triggered by lawsuits, many legal aspects impacting web systems have emerged over time and they should be a concern for web systems operators, users and researchers. This paper identifies prominent legal issues relating to web systems access, content, design and code: copyright, patents, contracts, trespass, and others. Based on the identified issues we offer a number of observations on how the legal landscape has been shifting, on the role of contracts, and on the law's impact on case study research.

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Section: B Distribution Of Power Between Users and Operatorsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Legal aspects of web systems

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Müller

2013

2013 15th IEEE International Symposium on Web Systems Evolution (WSE)

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“…Therefore, there is a tendency to accept the privacy policy by default, due to its difficult nature (Chua et al, 2017;Zhou et al, 2015). This is also associated with the time taken to read the text as studies have shown that the average policy needs 8-12 minutes (McDonald & Cranor, 2008), and 20 minutes for one with 5,000 words (Kienle et al, 2009). The length of sentences also affects the level of understanding the content (Chua et al, 2017) and avoiding the use of difficult and complex sentences (Vail et al, 2008).…”

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Managing Data in Digital Marketing

Szymkowiak¹

2019

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In Chapter 3, a discussion was undertaken about the merits of distinguishing data science as an area of science and the perception of data science due to the progress of computational possibilities. The historical outline of data science was discussed, along with a reference to the data-driven approach. An additional problem raised in this chapter relates to determining the role of the scientist in the process of knowledge discovery. Moreover, in the context of the development of the tooling and methodological apparatus based on analytical autonomous operation. Various areas of data science were characterized, and traditional and modern methods were compared in the process of knowledge discovery, also showing the relationship between individual elements based on the knowledge pyramid. In addition, areas of marketing where data mining

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“…The much anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic published by BioWare boasted the creation of over one million new accounts within the first 3 days of the games release in December 2011 (Electronic Arts, 2011), while NCsoft’s Guild Wars 2 , sequel to the popular MMO Guild Wars was very well received upon its release in the latter half of 2012, being touted as one of the best games of the year (Peckham, 2012). Not surprisingly, academics have responded with research exploring the cultural, economic, and psychological dimensions of this striking social uptake of new digital technologies (e.g., Ahmad, Borbora, Shen, Srivastava, & Williams, 2011; Allison, Wahlde, Shockley, & Gabbard, 2006; Cass, 1998; Collister, 2008; Corneliussen & Rettberg, 2008; Kienle, Lober, Vasiliu, & Müller, 2010; Moberly, 2010; Pace, Houssian, & McArthur, 2009; Schultze, 2010; Williams, Kennedy, & Moore, 2011). Given its endurance over the last 10 years, World of Warcraft remains a focus of scholarly discussion due to both its popularity and its accessibility.…”

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The Phenomenology of the “Other” in Computer Game Worlds

Scriven

2015

Games and Culture

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This article discusses the application of a phenomenological framework to inform research in computer game worlds like massively multiplayer online games. Based on the phenomenological sociology of Alfred Schutz, this article examines some of the key problems facing researchers in online spaces, such as the absence of the corporeal ''Other.'' In discussing these issues using the vocabulary of Schutz's phenomenology, this article attempts to clarify some key concepts to contribute to a useful framework for conducting social research in computer game worlds. This article examines how the transcendent nature of online social experiences in game environments like World of Warcraft contribute to a distinct context of meaning. An understanding of the ways in which social game worlds can be constituted as sites of unique experience may be useful for researchers wishing to examine these spaces from ethnographic or similar perspectives.

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Complexity of Virtual Worlds’ Terms of Service

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