Virtually Blind periodically runs “quicklinks” — items that are not long enough for a full story, but are worth a click. Here’s the current batch.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation will be conducting a seminar on virtual world tax issues at Second Life’s Depo Business Park on Tuesday, the 2nd of December at 3:30pm GMT / [...]

I recently ran across a story about a dustup over alleged misuse of the “Miss Universe” trademark in Second Life (via Twisted and Tawdry).  Cutting through the drama (and there’s plenty, if your drama levels are low) the story appears to be that “The Trump Organization” — as in Donald — is enforcing its [...]

As part of the SL Bar Association’s speaker series, Kate Fitz (Second Life’s ‘Cat Galeilo’), is presenting “Web 2.0 for Lawyers” in Second Life Saturday, November 22 at 12:00 Noon Pacific time. Fitz, who is a public law librarian in Sacramento, California and member of the California bar, serves as the SLBA’s Vice President of [...]

There’s an interesting post over at Not Possible In Real Life asking the question: “What is the correct (and legal) way to attribute photography and video shot in virtual worlds?” I was going to leave a comment there, but there’s really no way to answer this question off the cuff, so I’m turning it into [...]

The Polska Republika has launched as the newest self-governance project in Second Life.  Here’s the Polska Republika website, and, since it’s entirely in Polish, here’s a traditionally suspect Google translation.
The Polska Republika has posted a Constitution (here’s the translation).  This is fairly clearly not an attempt to recreate modern Poland — among other discontinuities, there [...]

There are three new filings in the SLART trademark suit.  First, Philip Rosedale and Mitch Kapor have filed a Motion to Dismiss (.zip, w/exhibits) arguing that Minsky’s fraud claims lack sufficient specificity.  Minsky has responded (.zip, w/exhibits), and has also filed an Answer (.zip, w/exhibits) to Linden Lab’s counterclaims.
There’s not too much to say about [...]

This is an update in the MDY v. Blizzard case.  Sort of.  Here’s the deal — people who have nothing to do with a case sometimes file motions in U.S. Courts.  These motions usually take the form of the amicus brief filed earlier by Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy group. But sometimes they take [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s China Journal reports that China is directly taxing profits made on sales of virtual currency, apparently whether or not the virtual world or game provider affirmatively supports “real money trade” in its game or virtual world.  From the WSJ post:
The State Administration of Taxation said on its Web site Wednesday (in [...]

As part of the SL Bar Association’s speaker series, I’m presenting “Ethics of Practice in Virtual Worlds” in Second Life Saturday, November 8 at 12:00 Noon Pacific time.
The presentation follows next week’s SL Bar Association meeting, and is free to attend. California CLE credit, including 1 hour of California Ethics CLE, is available for $25, [...]