Second Life’s ‘Cat Galileo’ — real life law librarian Kate Fitz (JD, MLIS) — runs a deep virtual law archive that I’ve directed readers to before at Lawspot Online, and she just added a new feature where she tracks historical changes to Second Life’s Terms of Service. The page is worth bookmarking for practitioners, researchers, [...]
Posted in Bragg v. Linden Lab, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Property Law, Providers, Second Life, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on October 4th, 2007 10 Comments »
Linden Lab announced today that it reached a confidential settlement with Marc Bragg which allows Bragg to return to Second Life as avatar ‘Marc Woebegone.’ Bragg had brought suit against Linden Lab in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after Linden Lab revoked his Second Life account claiming that Bragg purchased virtual land at far less [...]
Copyright accusations between Second Life designers occur on what seems like a weekly basis. The legal analysis is always the same, so VB doesn’t typically cover them. This week’s spat (via the SLH) is notable, however, as it reveals that Linden Lab is choosing not to do Digital Millennium Copyright Act “takedowns” based on accusations [...]
