Posted in Active Worlds, Activeworlds, Inc., Blizzard, Click to Agree, Commentary, Contract Law, Copyright Law, Electronic Arts, Entropia Universe, IMVU, IMVU Inc., Linden Lab, Makena Technologies, Mindark, Providers, Second Life, The Sims Online, There, Trademark Law, VB Features, VB Series, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on September 30th, 2007 8 Comments »
Guest Commentary – Part One of VB’s “Click to Agree” Series When you enter an online world or game, you have to click a little box or button and agree to a set of terms, usually called the “Terms of Service” (TOS) or the “End User License Agreement” (EULA). Although this kind of agreement (technically, [...]
Linden Lab emailed European Second Life users earlier today to inform them that Linden Lab would begin collecting Value Added Tax on all Second Life fees and other purchases from European users including land use fees, private region fees, land auctions, purchases from the land store, and account fees. Second Life’s ‘Gwyneth Llewelyn’ (who undoubtedly [...]
I recently zeroed in on a clause in Second Life’s Terms of Service which, if enforced, renders all patents — even pre-existing ones — functionally worthless against Second Life infringers. This comes via a presentation (.pdf) from Fernando Barrio, a Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. I think you had to be there to follow [...]
Posted in Commentary, Linden Lab, Providers, Quicklinks, Second Life, Trademark Law, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on September 26th, 2007 No Comments »
VB runs “Virtual Law Quicklinks” whenever we have a backlog of interesting items that aren’t big enough for full posts. One link, one sentence, a little commentary. Here’s today’s batch. Trademark Infringement in Second Life Noticed Again – Digital Urban joins the many voices singing the trademark infringement in Second Life song (originally a 2005 [...]