Esports and the Law
Subtitle: A Game Plan for Business and Legal Trends
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2022
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781639050178
Subjects: Law, united states
Description: "...[T]he rapid growth of the esports industry ... presents a range of new questions about underlying legal issues. First, there are questions about whether esports actually constitute sports. ... Second, there are questions about which laws govern exports, and how the bodies of law that apply in the context of traditional sports are both similar to, and distinct from, those governing esports. ... Third, there are questions about who will emerge as the lawyers who play an important role in developing the structure of commercial esports, and what credentials will make them most qualified"--Introduction.