It’s a banner day for podcasts. Here’s a link to an informative interview with one of the people behind the Metaverse Republic, ‘Mondrian Lykin,’ on the blog Metaversed. The Metaverse Republic is a project that is attempting to create a grid-wide opt-in justice system in Second Life. The podcast provides a great overview of the [...]
The blog Law School Innovation is running a piece by Gene Koo that includes links to a podcast of an interview with law professor Elizabeth Townsend-Gard and a law student who assisted her (Rachel Goda) regarding their use of the Second Life platform in a first year Property Law class.
Posted in Commentary, Content Creators, Copyright Law, Eros, Eros v. John Doe, Lawsuits, Second Life, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on July 14th, 2007 2 Comments »
Regina Lynn’s Sex Drive column this week focuses on the Eros copyright litigation. Regina makes a point that I’ve been wanting to make here — basically, that this is a real lawsuit and it shouldn’t be treated as a joke. The snickering coverage is inevitable, of course, given the confluence of a lawsuit, a virtual [...]
Posted in Bragg v. Linden Lab, Civil Procedure, Content Creators, Contract Law, Copyright Law, Criminal Law, Eros, Eros v. John Doe, Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Property Law, Providers, Second Life, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on July 8th, 2007 8 Comments »
Back from vacation, and it’s been a big two weeks in virtual law. Some of these items deserve a longer write-up (and they’ll eventually get one) but there’s hot sun outside, cold Sauvignon Blanc in the refrigerator, and three episodes of Entourage on my DVR. So without further ado, here’s two weeks worth of virtual [...]
