Government Metaverse Conference launched.

 ■Government Metaverse Conference launched.

has launched the "Public-Private Partnership Conference on Addressing New Legal Issues Surrounding Content on the Metaverse ."

Since it's too long, I'll call it the "Metaverse Conference."

I will be chairing the meeting.

The purpose of the agreement is as follows: "In light of new trends arising from the development of the metaverse, in order to respond to new legal issues, a coordination meeting will be established consisting of private sector stakeholders, experts, government stakeholders, etc. to identify issues and clarify points of contention, and, as necessary, promote the establishment of rules in cooperation between the public and private sectors."

The Secretariat presented three themes.

1. Handling of rights related to intellectual property use that intertwines real and virtual spaces, and the design of virtual objects

2. Handling of avatar portraits, etc.

3. Formulation of rules regarding actions toward virtual objects and avatars, and between avatars, and handling of regulatory measures, etc.

The committee members are Eiji Araki , president of REALITY, Tsukasa Iwasaki, director of Cluster, Yohei Ishii, COO of Virtual Cast, Shun Kubota, representative of Mogura , Kazuhiko Nakama, head of KDDI LX strategy department, Akira Asai, chief producer of Shogakukan, Yasuo Miyakawa, president of Bandai Namco Entertainment, Hiroko Ashiyama, head of the VN3 licensing team, Aimi Sekiguchi, VR artist,

Attorneys Kenshiro Michishita, Hisashi Nakazaki, Kensaku Fukui, Masashi Masuda, Professor Natsuori Ishii of Chuo University, Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno of Waseda University, Professor Hiroshi Okumura of Keio University, Professor Yoshiyuki Tamura of the University of Tokyo, Professor Hirofumi Okajima of Chuo University, and Professor Ichiro Sato of the National Institute of Informatics

Cabinet Office Intellectual Property Secretariat, Digital Agency, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Patent Office, and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

It's not a committee but a "cooperation meeting," and it's a community that's a mix of industry, academia, government, players, and users. There are some stiff old guys, and some virtual people who participate with avatars.

It is available online.

I don't think it will be as quiet as a normal government meeting, but we will try to avoid making it as chaotic as an anti-piracy meeting.

The first points were as follows:

1. How do you aim to develop the metaverse space?

2. What kind of rules should be established?

3. How should rules be formed in a borderless space?

4. What are the roles of the public and private sectors and how should they cooperate?

For reference, a draft of the "Metaverse Trust Statement Kyoto Declaration" issued by Kyoto Prefecture and the CiP Council was introduced.

The topics are freedom and openness, tradition/local/overseas, young people/children/elderly/disabled people, technology/research, trial and error, secure/trustworthy, morality, and the future.

Virtual Beautiful Girl Nemu and KDDI's Kazuhiko Nakama, each committee member expressed their opinion.

- Boundary-less discussions through various interactions

- Future-oriented, ongoing discussion

・Discussions on a virtual open platform with industry, academia and government

I think we've now reached a consensus to move forward in this way.

Several committee members suggested holding the meeting in the metaverse.

Someone will say

And just as I thought, it did come out.

I took it on as homework.

Because we know that the government's poor digital capabilities are a problem.

Someone please help.

I'll think about what to do with my avatar.