By tVPN Admin on July 22, 2010
Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh
27 August 2010 (10:00 – 16:00)
John McIntyre Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, the University of Edinburgh.
Overview
The Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh (DIS:E) is an annual event organized by the Virtual Policy Network in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh.
The Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh 2010 focuses on the legal issues of computer games, virtual worlds and the issues that arise from the convergence of new and traditional media. Speakers include both academics and practicing lawyers.
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Posted in Business & Innovation, Governance, Intellectual Property, News, Policy, UK, tVPN Events | Tagged BIS, conference, Edinburgh, EU, event, IP, law, Policy |
By tVPN Admin on July 20, 2010
A number of bodies around the world are conducting various forms of action in respect of so-called Network Neutrality. While the United States’ FCC (Federal Communications Commission) public consultation phase (see FCC News Release) has just closed the EU and UK are currently in consultation phases that end in September 2010.
the Virtual Policy Network encourages the online games, social media, location based and augmented reality industries, interested academics and policy makers to respond to these request for comments.
Specifically tVPN draws actors’ attention to some of the unique aspects of these technologies that might not be highlighted from the digital elements of traditional media industries. Such specific may include:
- Importance of ping times to some types of gaming
- Equal access a range data sources in populating augmented reality layers
Further details on the European consultations, including background documents, consultation question, reply dates and response details follow.
Posted in Business & Innovation, EU, News, Policy | Tagged EU, Network Neutrality, Ofcom, Policy |
By tVPN Admin on February 14, 2010
The World Bank’s infoDev is launching a research and innovation project into the potential of the Virtual Economy to aid Developing Nations. The project titled “Converting the Virtual Economy into Development Potential” is co-sponsored by the UK Government’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) Research4Development (R4D) program (see: http://www.research4development.info).
The two year project has three main phases as follows:
1. Knowledge map on the virtual economy.
2. Report on business opportunities and business models to convert the virtual economy into development potential
3. Workshop and research dissemination using virtual economy tools
More information can be found on the infoDev site: Converting the Virtual Economy into Development Potential
Posted in News, Policy | Tagged developing nations, virtual economy, virtual goods, world bank |
By tVPN Admin on February 9, 2010
tVPN was created to maximize social flourishing through virtual worlds, social media, computer games and other convergent media. As part of this mission we seek to make information as widely known as possible. To this end all content on the tVPN site is now licensed under Creative Commons unless stated other wise. We encourage any group wishing to commission or work with tVPN to follow this practice where practicable.
Small print tVPN is using the standard Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License, standard form details are as follows: the Virtual Policy Network by the Virtual Policy Network is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. Based on a work at www.virtualpolicy.net. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.virtualpolicy.net.
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By tVPN Admin on February 8, 2010
tVPN has added twitter to its stable of social media resources. The twitter feed can be found at http://twitter.com/VirtualPolicy. This compliments the tVPN Facebook group and YouTube Channel.
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By tVPN Admin on November 30, 2009
November 2009 in Sharm el Sheikh marked the 5th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) – a meeting convened under the auspices of the United Nations with the purpose of bringing together a wide range of groups to discuss matters of internet governance.
Quick Links:
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Posted in Council of Europe, Governance, News, OECD, Policy, UN: Internet Governance Forum | Tagged IGF CoE OECD BIS BERR UK UN |
By tVPN Admin on November 13, 2009
The UK Government’s Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has proposed a workshop on virtual worlds and public diplomacy to be held as part of the 2009 United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum meeting being held between 15 and 18 of November 2009 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Wednesday 18th (Day 4) 15:30 – 17:00 Room 9 – Siwa Room.
tVPN / UK Government 2009 IGF workshop on virtual worlds – Official Workshop Summary (.pdf)(.doc)
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Posted in Governance, News, UK, UN: Internet Governance Forum | Tagged BIS, IGF, UN, UN: Internet Governance Forum |
By tVPN Admin on September 24, 2009
24 September 2009 LSE: tVPN in conjunction with the IGDA (Independent Game Developers Association) hosted a policy evening at the London School of Economics.
Continue reading “Tax breaks, Game Ratings & the UK Game Dev”
Posted in Business & Innovation, News, Taxation, UK | Tagged EGDF, EGDFO, ELSPA, event, IGDA, LSE, Policy |
By tVPN Admin on June 19, 2009
CONTENTS
> OECD: Virtual Worlds Report
> Council of Europe ‘New Notion of Media’
> EU Kids Online I & II
> Events: State of Play
> tVPN News
Continue reading “Newsletter June 2009″
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By tVPN Admin on June 17, 2009
The EU Kids Online research network concluded their work with a one day conference in London on 11 June 2009. The network also published a Final Report provides a unique summary of EU-Based research on children online.
The Final Report and other resources can be found on the network website here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EUKidsOnline/
Your attention is drawn in particular to the Online Database of European Research (Repository) collated by the network.
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Posted in Children & Child Protection, EU, News, Policy | Tagged EU, Kids, Research |