Comments on: Interview: Employment Attorney Dave Elchoness Discusses IRS Ruling Holding that Electric Sheep’s Virtual World Greeters Are “Employees” http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/ Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Tue, 13 May 2014 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Virtual world is real | Law Biz Blog http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-213957 Virtual world is real | Law Biz Blog Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:48:42 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-213957 [...] the Virtual World real? It apparently has more “life” than I knew. Even the IRS is involved, recently [...] [...] the Virtual World real? It apparently has more “life” than I knew. Even the IRS is involved, recently [...]

]]> By: MixedRealities :: Electric Sheep versus the IRS: not just about one company http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17297 MixedRealities :: Electric Sheep versus the IRS: not just about one company Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:09:35 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17297 [...] of professionals use more and more the possibilities of virtual worlds. On the virtual law blog Virtually Blind Dave Elchoness formulated some comments on the ruling. Elchoness is an employment lawyer, the [...] [...] of professionals use more and more the possibilities of virtual worlds. On the virtual law blog Virtually Blind Dave Elchoness formulated some comments on the ruling. Elchoness is an employment lawyer, the [...]

]]> By: Out to Pasture » Blog Archive » Note on IRS and Contractor Ruling http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17250 Out to Pasture » Blog Archive » Note on IRS and Contractor Ruling Fri, 30 May 2008 03:04:11 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17250 [...] few people took note when the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ruled earlier this month that a former contractor whom we had [...] [...] few people took note when the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ruled earlier this month that a former contractor whom we had [...]

]]> By: Vint Falken http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17179 Vint Falken Sun, 25 May 2008 21:13:56 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17179 I wonder... 1) How does that go for minimum wage then. If SL employment is seen as official, assuming you pay somebody /hour of work and not for complete item, then would minimum wages apply? What if you pay them in L$? As that is not a currency, but still has value. Would a contract for 20 hours of work at 500L$ / hour be looked at as an employment contract, and would thus fall under employment law? And would such an hourly rate then not be illegal? (Not sure what the minimum wage in the USA is, in Belgium it's +- 7 euro/hour netto, if I remember correctly.) 2) What CAO ('Collective bargaining Agreement') would a virtual builder belong to? Would he fit in with architects, construction crew, IT staff, ... ? ;) I wonder…

1) How does that go for minimum wage then. If SL employment is seen as official, assuming you pay somebody /hour of work and not for complete item, then would minimum wages apply? What if you pay them in L$? As that is not a currency, but still has value. Would a contract for 20 hours of work at 500L$ / hour be looked at as an employment contract, and would thus fall under employment law? And would such an hourly rate then not be illegal? (Not sure what the minimum wage in the USA is, in Belgium it’s +- 7 euro/hour netto, if I remember correctly.)
2) What CAO (‘Collective bargaining Agreement’) would a virtual builder belong to? Would he fit in with architects, construction crew, IT staff, … ? ;)

]]> By: Benjamin Duranske http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17034 Benjamin Duranske Mon, 19 May 2008 14:39:58 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17034 Wordpress may have eaten the link to Marc's post. Here it is. <a href="http://secondlife.typepad.com/second_life_lawsuit_bragg/2008/05/electric-shee-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://secondlife.typepad.com/...electric-shee-1.html</a> Wordpress may have eaten the link to Marc’s post. Here it is.

http://secondlife.typepad.com/…electric-shee-1.html

]]> By: Marc Woebegone http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17032 Marc Woebegone Mon, 19 May 2008 12:27:36 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/05/15/virtual-world-employees/#comment-17032 Quite interesting, and to read an actual communication between such an employee and Electric Sheep Company, and how the ECS views its "employees", i.e., as gloaters, take a look and this little email communication between one of its "gloaters" and the ECS trying to ferret out and resolve the IC/EE issues and the unfortunate tax consequences suffered by the employee..... All's well in Real Life...... Marc Woebegone http://secondlife.typepad.com Quite interesting, and to read an actual communication between such an employee and Electric Sheep Company, and how the ECS views its “employees”, i.e., as gloaters, take a look and this little email communication between one of its “gloaters” and the ECS trying to ferret out and resolve the IC/EE issues and the unfortunate tax consequences suffered by the employee…..

All’s well in Real Life……

Marc Woebegone

http://secondlife.typepad.com

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