http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/01/25/harvards-evidence-2007-in-second-life/ Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Tue, 13 May 2014 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/01/25/harvards-evidence-2007-in-second-life/#comment-6093 Virtually Blind - Virtual Law | Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds » Blog Archive » From the Editor: Commentary on Active Lawsuits and Unsettled Issues in Virtual Law Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:09:36 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/01/25/harvards-evidence-2007-in-second-life/#comment-6093 [...] Where there’s a gray area in the law (e.g. the validity of recent patent applications on virtual world technology, “ownership” of virtual land, and the value of real world currency) I generally try to point that out or approach the issue in a way that makes it clear it is up in the air. Those notes, of course, take a somewhat more neutral tone, and if I do miss a counterargument, readers usually catch it in the comments. Finally, there are some issues that VB confronts — like the illegality of ponzi schemes, the legality of virtual escort work, and the necessity of Linden Lab complying with the UIGEA — where the issues appear, from a legal perspective, to be rather black and white. On those, I’ll continue writing in my usual voice. [...] [...] Where there’s a gray area in the law (e.g. the validity of recent patent applications on virtual world technology, “ownership” of virtual land, and the value of real world currency) I generally try to point that out or approach the issue in a way that makes it clear it is up in the air. Those notes, of course, take a somewhat more neutral tone, and if I do miss a counterargument, readers usually catch it in the comments. Finally, there are some issues that VB confronts — like the illegality of ponzi schemes, the legality of virtual escort work, and the necessity of Linden Lab complying with the UIGEA — where the issues appear, from a legal perspective, to be rather black and white. On those, I’ll continue writing in my usual voice. [...]

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