Brief note today to direct readers to this article by ‘Gwyneth Llewelyn’ on age verification in Second Life, and what it really means to the long-term health of Linden Lab, Second Life, and the grid generally. I usually don’t just run pointers to articles, but this is the clearest and most sensible explanation I’ve seen [...]
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be attending the Virtual Worlds Fall 2007 Conference and Expo in San Jose, Oct. 10-11. It looks like a great conference, and I’m really fired up about it. By way of disclosure, Virtually Blind is a media partner with the conference (you’ll notice a spot in the sidebar), but [...]
I am pleased to announce that the ABA’s Section of Science and Technology Law recently formed a new committee on Virtual Worlds and Multiuser Online Games. I have the honor of co-chairing this committee, along with Sean Kane, of Drakeford & Kane, and Cristina Burbach, of Fried Frank. From the Committee’s initial “who we are” [...]
Readers may recall that World of Warcraft operator Blizzard is involved in a suit with MDY Industries over the popular World of Warcraft automation program “WoW Glider” (recently renamed MMO Glider). MDY brought this lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that MDY does not violate Blizzard’s intellectual property rights by selling the Glider program. There’s a [...]