Selling virtual items for real money is increasingly being used as a revenue model in games and other online services. To some parents and authorities, this has been a shock: previously innocuous ‘consumption games’ suddenly seem to be enticing players into giving away their money for...

We are labeled "consumers." Our product-related activities are referred to as "consumption." We are told that we "live in a 'consumer society' with a consumer culture."" So it's perhaps unsurprising that the term "consumer" is used constantly, reflexively, and unconsciously, to refer to...

Mattel's Barbie doll is more than just a trademarked toy produced for child consumption-Barbie has entered public discourse and taken on a life of her own as a cultural phenomenon. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has referred to Mattel's Barbie doll as "possibly the most famous toy in...