I just got this book from Amazon.com. It’s called “The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds.” While I have never even been in Second Life or played a game like Warcraft, I find the legal issues fascinating. Especially appealing to me is the idea of intellectual property in a virtual world. As I blogged previously, law classes are being held in Second Life, political campaigns have official areas, Toyoya is selling virtual Scions, and, recently, Coldwell Banker is selling homes!!

Browsing the Table of Contents of this book, it looks like it will be a fascinating look at virtual crime, transferring online power to the offline world, dealing with IP conflicts in a virtual world, and many other topics that are only getting hotter.

Maybe I’ll bring the book in for show & tell tomorrow.