Reuters UK is reporting that Dutch police have arrested a seventeen-year-old Habbo Hotel user for the theft of almost $6000 worth of virtual furniture from other users of Habbo Hotel, a virtual world for teens. An Amsterdam police spokeswoman confirmed a report that the teenager was accused of stealing 4,000 euros (2,844 pounds) [$5857 US] [...]
A new blog/wiki/project called “A Constitution for the Metaverse” just hit my radar screen, and I’m going to be watching to see where it goes. The Metaverse Constitution appears, at this point, to be essentially a one person effort, but an eventual wiki is planned. The project is part of Harvard Master of Laws (LL.M.) [...]
Posted in Blizzard, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Hernandez v. IGE, International Law, Lawsuits, Providers, Tort Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on November 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
Earlier this year, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Florida on behalf of nearly every World of Warcraft (“WoW”) player, naming one of the largest virtual property companies, Internet Gaming Entertainment (“IGE”), as defendant. WoW player Antonio Hernandez is named plaintiff. The class has not yet been certified. Plaintiffs’ core [...]
Gene Yoon, Linden Lab’s former General Counsel and current Vice President of Business Affairs, spoke in Second Life yesterday as part of the Metanomics / Metaversed series of events, hosted by Cornell’s Robert Bloomfield. SLCN has made a video of the event available. Yoon focuses on economic policy in virtual worlds, not legal issues, but [...]
