Julian Dibbell (/dᵻˈbɛl/; born February 23, 1963) is an American author and technology journalist with a focus on social systems within online communities.
His 1993 article "A Rape in Cyberspace" detailed attempts of LambdaMOO, an online community, to quantify and deal with lawbreaking in its midst. The article was later included in his first book, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World. Dibbell has also written about Chinese gold farmers for The New York Times Magazine and about griefer culture for "Wired" Magazine. He chronicled his attempt to make a living playing MMORPGs in his second book, Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot.
The place was, in fact, full of young cinephiles, enraptured by an introduction by Julian Dibbell of the ChicagoFilmSociety, who celebrated the fact that now, at last, the city has its very own new 35mm print of this most-Chicago-of-all film.
So, is it time to redefine boundaries or have we already missed the bus? The debate on what constitutes ‘virtual rape’ was first sparked in 1993 by journalist Julian Dibbell in an essay ‘A Rape in ...
The question of whether virtual rape is “really rape” goes back to at least 1993, when the Village Voice published an article by Julian Dibbell about “a rape in cyberspace”. Dibbell’s piece reported on ...
In this Tech Talks episode, Rebecca Eisner and Julian Dibbell discuss key issues that arise for providers and users in AI licensing agreements, including IP ownership and infringement, warranties and ...