Posted in VB Administration on March 4th, 2007 1 Comment »
Just a quick note to let regular readers know that I’ll be on vacation for most of March and early April. For those of you jealously keeping track of my whereabouts, yes, I am taking a five week vacation from my sabbatical — life is rough, huh? To my credit, I do plan to do [...]
Posted in Commentary, Constitutional Law, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Publicity Law, Second Life, Trademark Law, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Libraries, Virtual Worlds & Games on March 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
The Second Life Herald posted an interesting note today about a Second Life store called “Body Doubles.” Body Doubles (operated by ‘Persia Christensen’) sells avatar skins and shapes that resemble celebrities. The right at issue is the “right of publicity.” Unlike copyright, trademark, or patent law, there’s no federal framework for the right of publicity [...]