Jurisdiction and torts in the metaverse

If somebody attends a pop concert in the metaverse from their home in the UK, where the metaverse is hosted on a South Korean server, the artist sings from her home in the US, and the tickets are sold by a concert promoter based in Canada, it is difficult to ascertain where the concert is taking place and which court(s) might have jurisdiction over claims for losses arising in connection with that concert.

In the ninth article of our series we explore how courts might grapple with this question of identifying an appropriate jurisdiction for litigation arising from the metaverse.