Online multiplayer games: A virtual space for intellectual property debates?

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 969-990

  Grimes, Sara M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copyright; Digital play; Intellectual property; Internet; Labor; Online games

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750700471     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806069651     Document Type: Article

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