This presentation, submitted to GDC Europe 2014, conveys the idea that lawyers can add to game design by doing three things. First, by 'lawyering' itself (consulting, litigaition, patent checks). Second, by identifying new opportunities for game design at intersection of real and virtual world. Third, by helping to see an essential similarity between rules of a game and legal rules, by drawing more inspiration by analogy.

1. GAME DESIGN:
LAWYERS ARE USEFUL?! 0_O
11-13 AUGUST 2014
GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE EUROPE
COLOGNE, GERMANY
[AS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW]
VLADISLAV ARKHIPOV
OF COUNSEL, PH. D. *
* VLADISLAV ARKHIPOV IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT
SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, LAW FACULTY

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T H I S P R E S E N TAT I O N , I N T E N D E D TO C O N V E Y A N I D E A O F H O W
L AW Y E R S C A N A D D VA L U E TO G A M E D E S I G N , I S D E L I V E R E D B Y A
P E R S O N W H O I S A G A M E I N D U S T R Y L AW YE R , A G A M E S T U D I E S
N E R D A N D A N AV I D G A M E R AT T H E S A M E T I M E .

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- S O R R Y, T H E PA R T Y I S F U L L .
T H E TA N K , T H E H E A L E R A N D T H E D A M A G E D E A L E R

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- B U T G U YS , I C A N C O N T R O L M O B S , H AV E ‘ S E A R C H ’ S K I L L A N D
A B L E TO S H I F T R E A L I T Y.
T H E S U P P O R T

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- W H AT I S T H E U S E O F A L L YO U R C R O W D C O N T R O L T H E N ?
T H E TA N K , T H E H E A L E R A N D T H E D A M A G E D E A L E R

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- W E L L , F I R S T O F A L L , I C A N S T U N M O B S A N D E V E N P E E K I N TO
B O S S E S ’ A B I L I T I E S .
T H E S U P P O R T

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- T H E N , W E M AY G E T I N TO P V P. Y O U K N O W W H AT S K I L L S A R E
M O S T R E L E VA N T T H E R E , R I G H T ?
T H E S U P P O R T

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T H I S I S T R I P L E T O W N . Y E T I T O W N D I D N O T S H O W U P I N M Y
S E A R C H R E S U LT S AT A P P S TO R E , U LT I M AT E LY B E C A U S E I T W A S
L E G A L LY R E C O G N I Z E D A S A C L O N E .

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T H E A R T O F Y E T I T O W N D I F F E R E D F R O M T H E A R T O F T R I P L E
T O W N , B U T T H E G A M E M E C H A N I C S W E R E A L M O S T T H E S A M E . T H E
D E V E L O P E R S O F T R I P L E T O W N S U B M I T T E D A C O P YR I G H T
I N F R I N G E M E N T C L A I M W H I C H W A S S E T T L E D B Y T H E O P P O S I T E
PA R T Y.
T H I S W O U L D N O T B E P O S S I B L E W I T H O U T L AW YE R S W H O
P R O P E R LY C O N N E C T E D D E S I G N FA C T S A N D P R O V I S I O N S O F
C O P YR I G H T L AW. T H U S , T H E L AW YE R S A D D E D VA L U E TO T R I P L E
T O W N B Y A C T I V E LY P R O T E C T I N G I T.
C A S E : S P R Y F O X L L C V. L O L A P P S , I N C . , 2 : 1 2 - C V- 0 0 1 4 7 - R A J
( W. D . WA S H . S E P T. 1 8 , 2 0 1 2 )

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- O K AY. S T I L L , W E A R E G O I N G F O R L O O T, A N D T H E R E W I L L B E
N O T E N O U G H L O O T I F W E TA K E YO U .
T H E TA N K , T H E H E A L E R A N D T H E D A M A G E D E A L E R

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- H A . T H AT ’ S W H AT M Y ‘ S E A R C H ’ S K I L L I S F O R . I C A N S E N S E
H I D D E N C A C H E S O F T R E A S U R E .
T H E S U P P O R T

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- E V E N M O R E , G U YS , I C A N C O N C E A L A L L T H E PA R T Y S O T H AT W E
L O O T T H O S E C H E S T S B E H I N D T H E B A C K S O F S I D E B O S S E S .
T H E S U P P O R T

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I H AV E E A S I LY D E F E AT E D D I A B L O O N N I G H T M A R E A F T E R B U YI N G A
L E G E N D A R Y W E A P O N F O R R E AL M O N E Y AT R E A L - M O N E Y A U C T I O N
H O U S E ( R M A H ) .

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A LT H O U G H ‘ G R E Y’ M A R K E T O F V I R T U A L I T E M S E X I S T E D L O N G
B E F O R E D I A B L O 3 R E A L - M O N E Y A U C T I O N H O U S E , I T W A S T H I S
P L AT F O R M W H E R E S U C H A T R A D E W A S L A U N C H E D O N A L A R G E
S C A L E A N D I N A W AY L E G I T I M AT E I N M A N Y J U R I S D I C T I O N S .
T H I S W O U L D N O T B E P O S S I B L E W I T H O U T D I S C O V E R I N G T H E
O P P O R T U N I T I E S P R O V I D E D B Y C U R R E N T S TAT E O F L E G A L
R E G U L AT I O N I N PA R T O F I P - R I G H T S A N D V I R T U A L C U R R E N C I E S
A N D D R A F T I N G P R O P E R L E G A L M E C H A N I S M S .
O T H E R G O O D E X A M P L E W O U L D B E T H E S YS T E M O F V I R T U A L
M A G I C : T H E G AT H E R I N G C A R D S T R A D I N G I M P L E M E N T E D I N
M A G I C : T H E G AT H E R I N G O N L I N E .

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- H M M . . . W E A R E A L M O S T C O N V I N C E D . J U S T G I V E U S O N E L A S T
A R G U M E N T W E D O N O T E X P E C T.
T H E TA N K , T H E H E A L E R A N D T H E D A M A G E D E A L E R

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- R E M E M B E R M E S AYI N G ‘ S H I F T R E A L I T Y’ ? I C A N M I M I C A L L O F
YO U AT O N C E TO G E T D O U B L E B U F F S .
T H E S U P P O R T

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- B U T W H AT I S M O S T I N T E R E S T I N G , I C A N U N L O C K T H E W H O L E
N E W G A M E - I N - A - G A M E W H I C H W I L L C U R E YO U R B O R E D O M !
T H E S U P P O R T

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T H O S E G U YS W E R E R E A L LY M E A N TO M E . O N E D AY I W A S K I C K E D
O U T O F T H E G U I L D W I T H O U T FAI R T R I AL .

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I T I S C L E A R , T H AT A P E R S O N W H O W A S E X P E L L E D F R O M A
C O M M U N I T Y W I T H O U T A N Y O B V I O U S R E A S O N S U F F E R S I N J U S T I C E .
Y E S , I N T H I S PA R T I C U L A R C A S E T H E S U S P E C T E D R E A S O N F O R
E X P U L S I O N W A S B R E A C H O F P R O P E R T Y R I G H T S TO A N I T E M I N A
S A N D B O X V I R T U A L W O R L D , B U T T H I S M A K E S T H E I S S U E E V E N
M O R E I N T E R E S T I N G .
T H I S E F F E C T I V E LY P R O V E S T H E E X I S T E N C E O F V I R T U A L L AW A S
T H E L AW O F O N L I N E W O R L D S , A N D G I V E S A N I N S I G H T TO A
R E L AT I V E LY N E W P L A N E O F G A M E M E C H A N I C S W H E R E K N O W L E D G E
O F L E G A L T H E O R Y A N D P R A C T I C E W O U L D B E U S E F U L .
A N O T H E R I N T E R E S T I N G I M P L I C AT I O N I S T H E W H O L E N E W D E S I G N
C O N S I D E R AT I O N S : W H E T H E R TO P U T V I R T U A L L AW I N C O D E ( I N
L E S S I G ’ S S E N S E ) O R L E AV E I T TO U S E R S .

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[ T H E S U P P O R T H A S B E E N I N V I T E D TO T H E PA R T Y]

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OF COUNSEL
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T H E D E S I G N O F T H I S P R E S E N TAT I O N W A S C R E AT E D W I T H T H E U S E
O F T H E E L E M E N T S C O P YR I G H T E D B Y T H E U S E R ‘ R V R S P B ’ A N D
L I C E N S E D TO T H E A U T H O R O F T H I S P R E S E N TAT I O N I N D U E C O U R S E
V I A ‘ R U . F O TO L I A . C O M ’ .
T H E S C R E E N S H O T S U S E D A S I L L U S T R AT I O N S I N ‘ C A S E S T U D I E S ’
W E R E M A D E B Y M YS E L F, A R E I N C L U D E D W I T H G O O D FA I T H A N D
A R E R E A S O N A B LY E X P E C T E D TO FA L L W I T H I N ‘ C I TAT I O N ’ , ‘ FA I R
U S E ’ A N D / O R A N Y O T H E R S I M I L A R C O N C E P T S D E P E N D I N G O N T H E
A P P L I C A B L E L AW.
A L L R E F E R E N C E S M A D E TO R E A L P R O D U C T S / C O M PA N I E S A R E
M A D E W I T H A L L D U E R E S P E C T TO T H E C O R R E S P O N D I N G R I G H T S .