Posted in VB Administration on June 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Sorry to disappear again so soon, but my wife and I are about to leave for eleven days in France. We’re attending the wedding of a good friend near Saint Lô, and exploring Paris and the Normandy countryside.
Though I plan to check email regularly, I do not plan to post from the road. [...]
Posted in Second Life, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on June 21st, 2007 11 Comments »
Trademark infringement in virtual worlds is getting more lucrative. A Second Life Herald writer going by ‘Tenshi Vielle’ (herself a designer) reports that designer ‘Elexor Matador’ (doing business as “Elexor Matador Jewelry”) is selling twenty-five knockoff Cartier Himalia jewelery sets as limited editions for L$10,000 each (just under US $40). Proving that all [...]
Posted in VB Administration on June 15th, 2007 7 Comments »
My wife and I are moving into our new house over the weekend. (Yes, for those keeping score at home, that’s two moves in five months. This is the last one for a long time though, and that’s a nice feeling.) Regular posting will resume next week.
In the meantime, I’ve got a [...]
Posted in Blizzard, Contract Law, Providers, Quicklinks, Second Life, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on June 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Virtually Blind periodically runs “quicklinks” — items that are not long enough for a full story, but are worth a click. Here’s today’s batch:
In a good example of how virtual worlds are pushing the legal envelope worldwide, the BBC is reporting that a “Japanese politician has become the first of the nation’s lawmakers to open [...]
Posted in Commentary, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Linden Lab, Patent Law, Providers, Second Life, Tort Law, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Libraries, Virtual Worlds & Games on June 10th, 2007 13 Comments »
Linden Lab’s ‘Daniel Linden’ recently posted a statement entitled “Keeping Second Life Safe, Together” on the Official Linden Blog. The post encourages Second Life residents to report “broadly offensive” content to Linden Lab, and promises that people promoting or providing such content will be “swiftly met with a variety of sanctions, including termination of accounts, [...]
Posted in Second Life, Virtual Law, Virtual Legal Education, Virtual Worlds & Games on June 8th, 2007 No Comments »
The folks at Harvard Law School who have been running mock trials in Second Life have produced a machinima reenactment of part of the Dred Scott argument before the Supreme Court in 1856.
It’s just a proof-of-concept video, and there are some production issues (e.g. seeing the attorney who is “speaking” typing in the air is [...]
Posted in Criminal Law, Quicklinks, Second Life, Tort Law, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on June 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Virtually Blind periodically runs “quicklinks” — items that are not long enough for a full story, but are worth a click. Here’s today’s batch:
Gamepolitics reports that French watchdog group Familles de France is bringing a lawsuit targeting Second Life and a number of ISP’s who provide access to it because Second Life contains, “…pornographic photos [...]
Posted in Bragg v. Linden Lab, Civil Procedure, Commentary, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Property Law, Providers, Second Life, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on June 1st, 2007 9 Comments »
A Federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a new 46 page order (.pdf) in the Bragg v. Linden case denying Philip Rosedale’s motion to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit directed at him for lack of personal jurisdiction, and also denying defendants’ motion to compel arbitration.
Commentary
First, I’m excited to see how thoroughly [...]
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