Posted in VB Administration on October 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve received several requests from readers for a leaner, faster-loading version of Virtually Blind for mobile devices over the last few months, and I’m happy to announce that VB Mobile is live today. If you visit VB on a mobile device, you will now be served a highly streamlined page that shows only the ten [...]
Fresh off settlement of Bragg v. Linden Lab, Marc Bragg, as recently-reinstated Second Life avatar ‘Marc Woebegone,’ has posted to his blog seeking evidence of land bot abuse in Second Life for a potential class action lawsuit. Landbots are automated programs that operate within Second Life to purchase land which has been accidentally mispriced at [...]
Posted in Active Worlds, Activeworlds, Inc., Civil Procedure, Content Creators, Copyright Law, Entropia Universe, Eros, Eros v. John Doe, IMVU, IMVU Inc., Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Makena Technologies, Mindark, Providers, Second Life, There, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on October 11th, 2007 7 Comments »
Welcome to new readers visiting the site for the first time after hearing about it at Virtual Worlds 2007 in San Jose this week. I am going to be in the Bay Area through the weekend, so regular updates will resume next week. Here are a few initial thoughts and notes from the conference… Kevin [...]
Virtual World News alerted me to this story: Herman Miller (who makes the best, albeit most expensive, chairs in the world) is fighting knock-offs in Second Life by giving away the real thing. Well, the virtual real thing. But not a knockoff. You get the idea. From the VWN article: Furniture designer and manufacturer Herman [...]