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Cloud Gaming Demystified: An Introduction to the Legal Implications
of Cloud-Based Video Games

Queen Mary Law Research Paper No. 369/2021

95 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2021

See all articles by Mitchell Longan

Mitchell Longan

Birmingham City University - Faculty of Business, Law and Social
Sciences; Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Commercial Law
Studies (CCLS)

Gaetano Dimita

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies

Johan David Michels

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies

Christopher Millard

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies

Date Written: October 25, 2021

Abstract

In this paper, we set out to 'demystify' cloud-based videogaming and
its legal implications. We do this in two stages. First, we offer a
descriptive analysis of the videogame sector, including relevant
markets and supply chains. We explain the basics of cloud computing
technology, traditional videogame technology, and how the two
converge in cloud-based videogame ecosystems. We also analyze market
structures for both the cloud and video game industries, as well as
relevant supply chains, in order to understand how these markets will
overlap. Based on these analyses, we make predictions about how the
cloud gaming market will be structured, including a breakdown of
three separate models for cloud gaming services: the 'layered' model
of Gaming-as-a-Service ('GaaS'), the 'integrated' model of GaaS, and
the 'consumer infrastructure-as-a-service' model. Finally, we use
these three models to analyze how certain intellectual property
rights, contractual rights, and regulatory issues will develop in
this novel environment for videogame distribution and access.

Keywords: Cloud Computing, Intellectual Property Law, IP Law,
Copyright, Contract Law, Technology Law, Video Game, Cloud Gaming,
Video Game Regulation, Copyright Licensing, Interactive Entertainment
Law

JEL Classification: K00, K10, K11, K12, K21, K24, K29, K39, O340,
L860

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Longan, Mitchell and Dimita, Gaetano and Michels, Johan David and
Millard, Christopher, Cloud Gaming Demystified: An Introduction to
the Legal Implications of Cloud-Based Video Games (October 25, 2021).
Queen Mary Law Research Paper No. 369/2021, Available at SSRN: https:
//ssrn.com/abstract=3949611
 

Mitchell Longan (Contact Author)

Birmingham City University - Faculty of Business, Law and Social
Sciences ( email )

15 Bartholomew Row
Birmingham, B5 5JU
United Kingdom

Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Commercial Law Studies
(CCLS) ( email )

Charterhouse Square
London, EC1M 6AX
United Kingdom
07860628463 (Phone)

Gaetano Dimita

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies ( email )

67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3JB
United Kingdom

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/
items/dimita.html

Johan David Michels

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies ( email )

67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3JB
United Kingdom

Christopher Millard

Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for
Commercial Law Studies ( email )

67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, EC2A 3JB
United Kingdom

HOME PAGE: http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/staff/millard.html

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