Research Activities
Publications:
K. Barker, O. Jurasz, 'Gender, Human Rights and Cybercrime: Are Virtual Worlds really that Different?' in: M. Asimow, K. Brown, D. Papke (eds) Law and Popular Culture: International Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) (forthcoming)
C Ryan and K Barker, 'A hooligan's sport, played by gentlemen. But who owns rugby?' The Conversation, 24 January 2014. http://theconversation.com/a-hooligans-sport-played-by-gentlemen-but-who-owns-rugby-2241
K Barker, “Online Games and IP – Battle of the forms to Social Norms: Reconceptualising and Re-layering?”, (2013) 10:3 SCRIPTed 320 http://script-ed.org/?p=1153
S Roncallo-Dow, E Uribe-Jongbloed, K Barker and T Scholz, 'Authorship in Virtual Worlds: Author's Death to Rights Revival?' JVWR (2013) 6(3).
K Barker, 'MMORPGing, Law and Lingo' in Freeman M and Smith F, Law and Language: Current Legal Issues Volume 15 (OUP, Oxford 2013)
K Barker, ‘MMORPGing - The Legalities of Game Play’. European Journal for Law and Technology, Vol. 3, No.1 2012
http://ejlt.org/article/viewFile/119/195
Book Reviews:
K Barker, 'IP at the crossroads of trade: A survey of contemporary issues? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2013 (June 2013): doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpt071
K Barker, 'Access and benefit sharing: Actions speak louder than words' Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2013 doi: 10.1093.jiplp/jpt055
K Barker, 'Cyber Criminals on Trial, by Russell G Smith, Peter Grabosky and Gregor Urbas' International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 2012, 20: 242-245
External Activities:
‘Copyright: A Second Life’, Young Legal Researchers Colloquium, Dundee University, April 2010
‘MMORPGing – The Legalities of Game Play’, BILETA 2011 Manchester UK, 11&12 April 2011
http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MMORPGing-The-Legalities-of-Game-Play.pdf
‘Copyright 2010: A Second Life or death?’ ICIL 2011, Thessaloniki, 20&21 May 2011.
‘MMORPGing Law and Lingo’ , Current Legal Issues - Law and Language Colloquium, UCL London, 4&5 July 2011
‘EULAw: the Wrong Law?’ BILETA 2012, Northumbria University, Newcastle UK, 28 March 2012.
‘Rights and Wrongs – Virtual Criminality?’ BILETA 2012, Northumbria University, Newcastle UK, 29 March 2012.
Panel Session chaired by Prof Chris Reed on ‘Social Media and Virtual Spaces’ BILETA 2012, Northumbria University, Newcastle UK, 28 March 2012.
‘IP - An Anachronism’ SCRIPT Conference, Edinburgh, 6 June 2012.
'Gender, Human Rights and Cybercrime: Is the Virtual World Really that Different?' SLS 2012, University of Bristol, 11 September 2012 with Olga Jurasz (Open University) see: http://www.lexferenda.com/?subscribe=success#blog_subscription-2
'The Legalities of Games' Staff Seminar, School of Law, University of Birmingham, 31st October 2012
'From the Battle of the Forms to Social Norms: Virtual Worlds and Governance' BILETA 2013, University of Liverpool, UK, 12 April 2013.
'Gender, Human Rights and Cybercrime: An Intersection of Law and Popular Culture?' (with Olga Jurasz, Open University) Law and Popular Culture Conference, Tilburg University, Tilburg (The Netherlands), 6&7 June 2013.
'User Generated Content Law' Open Rights Group Conference (ORGCon) 2013, IET, London 8 June 2013.
'Gender, Human Rights and Cyber crime: Law on the Edge?' (with Olga Jurasz, Open University) Law on the Edge Conference, University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 4-6 July 2013.
'Copyright, Derivative Works & UGC: A Comic Inspiration?' Graphic Justice Colloquium, St Mary's University College, Twickenham, 11 September 2013.
Co-organiser (with Olga Jurasz), 'Gender Violence and Virtual Worlds: A Brave New World of Regulation?' (UN-Conference), Open University, Milton Keynes, 12 September 2013. (http://www.openuniversity.edu/news-blog/news/sexism-in-cyberspace-whats-the-answer)
'The IP Law of the Batmobile?' GIKII 2013, Bournemouth University, 16 & 17 September 2013.
