Posted in Content Creators, Contract Law, Copyright Law, Criminal Law, DMCA, Linden Lab, Providers, RMT/RCE, Second Life, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on February 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
Virtually Blind periodically runs “quicklinks” — items that are not long enough for a full story, but are worth a click. Here’s today’s batch. The Second Life Newspaper reports on a DMCA success story. Apparently Linden Lab acted on a properly documented DMCA claim regarding an alleged instance of purely in-world infringement. From the article: [...]
There is a notable new paper on virtual law from Farnaz Alemi running in the current issue of UCLA’s Journal of Law and Technology. The article, An Avatar’s Day in Court: A Proposal for Obtaining Relief and Resolving Disputes in Virtual World Games, reviews a number of in-world incidents which will be familiar to VB [...]
Posted in Blizz. v. Peons4Hire, Blizzard, Contract Law, Lawsuits, Property Law, Providers, RMT/RCE, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on February 1st, 2008 50 Comments »
Blizzard’s lawsuit against virtual item and power-leveling company In Game Dollar (doing business as Peons4Hire) has settled, resulting in a permanent injunction (.pdf) that essentially shuts down In Game Dollar’s entire World of Warcraft operation. Though no monetary damages are specified, the injunction represents a complete victory for Blizzard. The news is likely to be [...]
Editor’s Note: At the request of Brock Pierce’s attorneys, this article has been edited to remove three passages summarizing portions of the now-sealed complaint. Although the complaint was filed June 11 and publicly available for more than three months before Pierce’s attorneys had it sealed, it was eventually sealed, and they have provided an order [...]
