AI-Generated Virtual World Property and Identity Legal Framework MetaLaw Receives UN Digital Cooperation Committee Endorsement

AI-Generated Virtual World Property and Identity Legal Framework MetaLaw Receives UN Digital Cooperation Committee Endorsement

The UN Digital Cooperation Committee formally endorsed the MetaLaw legal framework on August 26, 2030, providing unified international legal standards for digital property, virtual identity, and cross-border transaction disputes in AI-generated virtual worlds. This is the world's first virtual world legal framework to receive recognition from an international organization.

MetaLaw's core principles include: virtual property has legal status equivalent to digital assets and is protected by national property laws; the binding of virtual identity to real identity follows the principle of minimum necessity; and transaction disputes in virtual worlds are governed by the law of the seller's location.

The framework pays particular attention to intellectual property issues for AI-generated content. When AI automatically generates virtual buildings, artworks, or characters, MetaLaw stipulates that copyright belongs to the user who provided the creative instructions, not the AI system's developers. This provision is consistent with the EU AI Act of 2030 regarding attribution of AI-created works.

The Chair of the UN Digital Cooperation Committee said: "Over 500 million people worldwide spend more than 2 hours daily in virtual worlds, and the scale of virtual world economic activity has reached $200 billion annually. MetaLaw provides legal infrastructure for this emerging economy."