Virtually Blind periodically runs “quicklinks” — items that are not long enough for a full story, but are worth a click. Here’s the current batch:
Slashdot reports that eBay is enforcing a ban on auctions for virtual property in multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, and others, but has specifically exempted property [...]
Seems Sweden will be the first nation to open an embassy in Second Life.
Website “The Local” reports that Swedish Institute director Olle Wästberg told news agency AFP that Sweden is “planning to establish a Swedish embassy in Second Life” to provide passport information and “act as a link to web-based information about the Scandinavian [...]
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In what has to encourage the right-shoulder side of the “Linden: good or evil?” debate, Linden executive Ginsu Yoon (his title is now “Vice President, International” but he’s also serving as General Counsel while they search for a full time GC) posted a comment for the guy who did “Get a First Life.”
We [...]
Posted in Bragg v. Linden Lab, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Property Law, Providers, Second Life, Virtual Law, Virtual Legal Education, Virtual Worlds & Games on January 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Harvard Law School’s three-week “Evidence 2007″ course (which was conducted partly in Second Life) just wrapped up. The course provided the students and other Second Life citizens the opportunity to participate in an in-world mock trial of the pending real-world Bragg v. Linden lawsuit.
The Bragg case is a dispute about Linden Lab’s decision to disable [...]
Virtually Blind periodically features “Three Things” — quick lists of places, people, or issues important to virtual law. This time, VB features three places to visit in Second Life to learn about virtual law.
First, check out Nova Southeastern University’s virtual law library. A Nova librarian was logged in as avatar ‘Anne Idler’ when I [...]
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My wife (who somehow gets along just fine without an avatar) would tell you that it was bound to happen. Somebody put together a dead-on parody of the Second Life home page advertising your “First Life.” (You know, the one where you eat stuff and can’t fly).
The Supreme Court [...]
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Back in 1998, a law professor I once met, Paul Joseph (1951-2003), wrote a prescient article entitled Ultima Online: Justice in a Virtual World. The full text of the article is here.
Professor Joseph was writing during the days of unfettered PvP combat in Ultima Online, when there were few built-in restrictions regarding [...]
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Most readers will be familiar with the story of ‘Anshe Chung,’ the avatar of Second Life real-dollars millionaire Ailin Graef who, CNET reported, was subjected to “a 15-minute digital barrage of flying penises and doctored pornographic images” during an in-world interview with CNET in December.
A video of the “griefing” attack has been circulating, [...]
Posted in VB Administration on January 21st, 2007 Comments Off
Welcome to Virtually Blind. This site will cover both real-world legal developments that impact virtual worlds and also in-world legal issues — collectively, “virtual law.” Virtual law is important because virtual worlds are fast becoming big business. Brands like IBM, Adidas, Toyota, Dell, and MTV have established virtual world presences. Second Life recently registered [...]
