Werbach, who is an assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, was appointed with Susan Crawford, who teaches communications and internet law at the University of Michigan, to co-chair President Obama's FCC transition team.

In preparation for his upcoming administration, the two, both seasoned net neutrality advocates, will be tasked with providing information on United States government internet and telecom policies, along with advising on budgetary and personnel matters.

This is clearly good news for net advocates and, as it happens, could also be good news for online gamers. The Wharton professor is a hardcore World of Warcraft player, and member of two guilds:

"One of them," he wrote in his blog in 2006, "was started by my friend and inveterate tech connector, Joi Ito... The other guild is very different — it's composed primarily of academics and other thinkers who study and write about virtual worlds."

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