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Sport administration professor's article named one of best law reviews in 2010
 Sport video games, such as the NCAA
basketball and football games, are a popular segment of the video game industry
and often showcase collegiate teams' colors, logos and other branding features.
But complications may arise when these
video games feature virtual athletes with physical attributes and abilities
that mirror those of real student-athletes.
Beth Cianfrone, assistant professor in
the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health, focused on
this subject in an article that was recently judged one of the best law review
articles published within the last year in the fields of entertainment,
publishing and the arts.
At the root of this research lies the right of publicity, which allows
individuals - particularly public figures and celebrities - to control the
commercial value and exploitation of their name or likeness.
"Student-athletes have a right to protect the use of their
likenesses for profit by others," Cianfrone said. "The argument is whether
video game athletes' characteristics as a whole actually represent the
individual student-athletes, or if they are just fictional representations of
generic athletes."
As one of the best law review articles published within the
last year, the article will be included in the 2010 edition of Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts
Handbook. The handbook, published annually by Thomson Reuters (West),
provides information on the latest regulations, legislation and case law
affecting the entertainment and publishing industries and the arts.
To read the entire story, click here.Photo caption: Assistant professor Beth Cianfrone poses with some of the video
games that she uses in her research on student-athlete likenesses in
sport video games. |
Upcoming Events in the College of Education
 Back 2 School Supply Drive
July 19-Aug. 1
College of Education
30 Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
The Omicron Gamma chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the College of
Education's honor society, is collecting school supplies for the Children's
Restoration Network's annual Back 2 School Supply Drive.
The college will collect supplies such as pencils,
highlighters, notebooks and binders for the 3,800 children in kindergarten
through 12th grade who are living in homeless shelters or group
homes.
Donations can be dropped off in specially-marked containers
in the COE lobby, Department of Middle Secondary Education and Instructional
Technology (suite 663) or the dean's administrative office on the 10th
floor of the COE.
For more information, contact Nicholas Bartley, chapter president of Kappa Delta Pi, at nbartley1@gsu.edu.
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Margaret Brown
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