Description
The Legal and Policy Game Jam: Towards Engaged Research at DiGRA 2025Maria O’Brien, Abby Rekas
Law and policy issues impact all aspects of the games industries. However, as legal and policy scholars, we are aware that the language and practice of our discipline can be opaque and inaccessible to those outside of the law and policy fields. The global games industries operate in an ecosystem driven by economic rationales and legal concepts, which can exist in tension with each other. From copyright issues to publisher agreements, from loot boxes to the PEGI system, from state funding for game development to considerations of archiving, each aspect of the games industry is shaped by the complexities of legal, policy and business arrangements.
Given that games are made and played within a global environment, understanding the nuances and implications of regional, national, territorial and global law and policy concepts is fraught with difficulty. This workshop will open discussions of how we might approach academic analysis of games industry law and policies from multiple perspectives, as well how our findings can be best communicated to the relevant stakeholders.
This workshop aims to unravel the concepts underpinning the key law and policy issues shaping the games sector globally, offering a space to exchange ideas, practices and building a shared research agenda on law and policy issues relating to games.
| Period | 30 Jun 2025 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Valletta, MaltaShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |