Stanford Law School

Stanford Center for Internet and Society

In the heart of the Silicon Valley, legal doctrine is emerging that will determine the course of civil rights and technological innovation for decades to come. The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), housed at Stanford Law School and a part of the Law, Science and Technology Program, is at the apex of this evolving area of law.

Julian Dibbell (2006)

by Lauren Gelman, posted on March 20, 2006 - 10:22am

Monday March 20, 2006
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served

Starting in June 2003, Julian Dibbell spent 9 months trying to make a living buying and selling virtual items (swords, castles, gold pieces) from the online fairytale world Ultima Online, a massively multiplayer role-playing game. His experience illuminates a strange new parallel world and the changing relationship between value and reality in the postpostmodern economy.About the Speaker: Julian Dibbell is the author of two books on virtual worlds, My Tiny Life (Henry Holt, 1999) and the forthcoming Play Money (Basic, 2006), and has written essays and articles on hackers, computer viruses, online communities, encryption technologies, music pirates, and other digital-age phenomena together. Currently a contributing editor for Wired magazine, he lives in South Bend, Indiana.

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