Young and (Too) Free: 5 Legal Challenges That Need to Be Solved in Esports

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Roman Rodin describes the legal challenges facing esports and how lawyers work inside a technology holding with esports tournaments, merchandise, software for computer clubs, and development. Key points: there is no separate "high-tech law", since ordinary commercial and civil law applies; esports is recognized as a sport, but it lacks unified rules on doping, cheating, dispute resolution, transfers and contracts, so in the speaker's view the industry will follow classical sports, with independent arbitration bodies. The sharpest problems are protecting tournament operators' intellectual property, free streamers, dependence on game developers, and visa difficulties for players. Useful for lawyers, tournament organizers, esports teams, and game developers who see their game in esports.