Pacific Epoch reports that China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and Ministry of Information Industry (MII) are set to jointly release regulations for online video and audio programs in 2008. The regulations reportedly will allow only state-owned firms and state-controlled companies to broadcast video and audio programs online, and all programs [...]
Shanda, developer of MMORPG The World of Legend, has been ordered to pay 5,000 Yuan (US $679) and apologize to a gamer for taking away his virtual tools, reports Pacific Epoch. The gamer discovered six virtual items worth more than 1,500 Yuan (US $204) missing from his game account on November 22, 2006 [...]
On behalf of the anonymous editor of Blawg Review, I am pleased to pass along the following 2007 Blawg Review Award nomination recommendations. These nomination recommendations (all of which are sites that hosted Blawg Review at some point in 2007) were announced by VB’s editor at a live presentation in Second Life earlier today. [...]
Posted in VB Administration on December 21st, 2007 1 Comment »
VB will be taking a holiday break while the editor cooks a turkey, entertains relatives, finishes the current draft of Virtual Law, and tackles a few home remodeling projects. Thanks for making VB’s first year so interesting and so much fun. Posting will resume around December 28. Happy holidays!
Madrid’s Campus de la Justicia is under construction in Second Life, but no one can visit and there has been very little press. The virtual campus is described in a September blog post (Spanish language, via Urbanity) as “a three-dimensional space with all kinds of rooms, buildings, streets and open areas, which offer a [...]
The organizers of the biggest virtual worlds conference series in the U.S. have announced a virtual law conference in New York, April 3-4, 2008. The conference, “Virtual Law 2008,” will run concurrently and in the same location as Virtual Worlds 2008 (which will be focused, this time, on media and entertainment). Virtual [...]
Blawg Review, a “blog carnival for everyone interested in law,” will be announcing the nominations for its third annual Blawg Review Awards in Second Life. The nominations will be announced at 11:00 AM Pacific (Second Life Time) on Thursday, December 27 in a live ceremony at the offices of the Second Life Bar Association [...]
A Chinese internet troll has filed a lawsuit against a news website for blocking his IP address to prevent him from commenting on its bulletin board. China Daily reports that Wang Haiyang, 60, was blacklisted last year by www.dahe.cn, a news portal belonging to Dahe Daily News Group in Henan Province, for using abusive [...]
Extropia, an ambitious Second Life microgovernment identifying itself as an “independent technocratic city-state,” opened last month. Extropia’s designers hope it stands as an “exemplar of the future we want, today, where technology is used exuberantly in the service of beauty and fun.” Extropia is focused on creativity, offering residents an “exhilarating haven for creative [...]
Hernandez v. IGE defendant virtual property dealer IGE yesterday asked the court to withdraw (.pdf) its October 26 motion (.pdf) to stay or dismiss the suit in favor of arbitration or venue in California. IGE said that it now agrees to answer the complaint.
For the background of this suit, see Virtually Blind’s complete coverage [...]
