Comments on: Defendant Named in Eros Intellectual Property Suit

By: Ashcroft Burnham

Ashcroft Burnham — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:03:32 +0000

I’d be very interested in how much it cost Eros to track this character down – this particular litigation is probably worth a great deal, but many, many other disputes in virtual worlds are almost certainly not worth anything like enough to go to that expense – hence the need for an in-world judicial system with in-world enforcement mechanisms.

By: The Second Life Grid Grind » Blog Archive » SL Creators File Suit

The Second Life Grid Grind » Blog Archive » SL Creators File Suit — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:35:32 +0000

[...] who recently succeeded in tracking down the real life identity of another SL resident in his lawsuit against Robert Leatherwood for selling illegal copies of Serpentine’s sexgen bed, said regarding the suit just [...]

By: Cyn Vandeverre

Cyn Vandeverre — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:47:04 +0000

Just for drama, it would have been even better if it turned out that he was under-18.

I look forward to more news on this case.

By: csven

csven — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:09:17 +0000

(Sorry. Didn’t notice the link in the earlier comment.)

By: csven

csven — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:50 +0000

More here: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/oct/25/...

Didn’t know he admitted having access to the account.

By: csven

csven — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:42:44 +0000

*was hoping he’d be a well-respected member of the community… pfooey*

By: Benjamin Duranske

Benjamin Duranske — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:28:32 +0000

Here’s more on this from Reuters also.

By: c3

c3 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:25:25 +0000

the true “face” of the “avatar age”..lol)
good for Kevin and his “CSI Detectives” :) well done!

not as pretty a find as the “hot babe assassin” on CSI-:) lat night… But that fantasy also struck reality for the cheepbs:) and the meta hype machine this morning.

Build was nice, its design moderately well done. Very VRML game 1997- ;) But the CSI NY audience may not be the right target for this 3dmedia yet:) Lessons learned.:) on to the next show-)

3d cybercrime—-a win for the rights of creators..

c3 mcDuff….grrr

By: Benjamin Duranske

Benjamin Duranske — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:35:54 +0000

According to an article that was just posted on a Tampa newspaper’s website, the guy is 19, and lives with his grandmother and great-grandmother. Apparently he turned down a settlement offer involving a small amount of cash and a promise to stop infringing. He claims that he isn’t Cattaneo, though the IP addresses Eros got via subpoenas re: the Cattaneo account led to two computers Leatherwood used to log in to Second Life, one at his home.

By: csven

csven — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:16:40 +0000

Besides the IP issues, I’m curious to know how Mr. Leatherwood is going to answer questions from friends/family regarding his choice of activities (“You was doin’ wha? piratin’ “sex beds”? What da hell are you? Some kinda registered pervert?”).