Gamer Law

[sinecure]

Do you mean like gold farming and power leveling? I think there already are laws in place for these. Some places. Not in a lot of the asian countries like China where the cost could sustain someone.

 

[moritheil]

Do you mean like gold farming and power leveling? I think there already are laws in place for these. Some places. Not in a lot of the asian countries like China where the cost could sustain someone.

Well, those are laws that pertain to gaming, but they aren't their own body of laws. I find myself once again referring to the example of canon law: it's not legally binding to society as a whole, but some people are very concerned with it right down to the minutiae, and it is possible to make a living doing it because it is relevant to enough people.

 

[pogre]

I am a lawyer, so interpreting rules comes with the territory .

Yeah, they're (we're) a dime-a-dozen on these boards. I'm always amazed at how many post here.

 

[hong]

Well, those are laws that pertain to gaming, but they aren't their own body of laws. I find myself once again referring to the example of canon law: it's not legally binding to society as a whole, but some people are very concerned with it right down to the minutiae, and it is possible to make a living doing it because it is relevant to enough people.

Insert "serious business" macro here.

 

[moritheil]

Insert "serious business" macro here.

Certainly the fact that some would be hard-pressed to take it seriously can be seen as an indicator of how far society has to go before this is possible.

 

[moritheil]

Yeah, they're (we're) a dime-a-dozen on these boards. I'm always amazed at how many post here.

So, any lawyers want to comment on what makes law other than civil law important enough that people can earn a living from it?

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

I find myself once again referring to the example of canon law: it's not legally binding to society as a whole

Maybe not where you and I live, but there are plenty of places around the world where it is lethally binding on society - where a strictly religious crime will get you executed because there is no secular law or authority to assert itself over the religious authority.

Gamer Canon, if such a thing can be said to exist, truly exerts itself in but two places - YOUR gaming table, and message boards. On message boards it's just certain people seem to want it to... well not so much want it to be legally binding as demanding that their interpretation is legally correct and that all others must acknowledge their correctness. It still has no binding beyond the agreements at YOUR table.

 

[moritheil]

Maybe not where you and I live, but there are plenty of places around the world where it is lethally binding on society - where a strictly religious crime will get you executed because there is no secular law or authority to assert itself over the religious authority.

That's an interesting way of putting it. Isn't it more that the secular authority IS the religious authority?

It still has no binding beyond the agreements at YOUR table.

So it would have to be made universally binding in order for it to be a field of actual legal study?

Hmm. I don't think there are any bodies with that kind of authority; indeed, it may be that the fundamental nature of the exercise prohibits the existence of that sort of thing.

 

[hong]

Insert "serious business" macro here as well.

 

[pawsplay]

It is a truism of the Rules board (and indeed of any discussion of rules interpretation) that proper interpretation of DnD rules often requires legal-style textual analysis.

Are you ready to present your closing argument?