Comments on: Entropia Creates Virtual Property Wills; Sweden Implements Tax Rules for Virtual Property https://virtuallyblind.com/2008/09/09/entropia-wills/ Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Tue, 13 May 2014 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Benjamin Duranske https://virtuallyblind.com/2008/09/09/entropia-wills/#comment-19157 Benjamin Duranske Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:28:14 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/?p=902#comment-19157 @1 - no idea, I'd love to find out. @2 - it is a translation, so who knows. Along those lines, if there are any readers out there who read Swedish, I'd love a double check on the forum translation. @1 – no idea, I’d love to find out.

@2 – it is a translation, so who knows.

Along those lines, if there are any readers out there who read Swedish, I’d love a double check on the forum translation.

]]> By: Stephen Wu https://virtuallyblind.com/2008/09/09/entropia-wills/#comment-19155 Stephen Wu Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:16:11 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/?p=902#comment-19155 Ben: the report in your post states that "The company Mindark from Gothenburg will begin to draw up wills for their customers to cover the things they own in their virtual computer world." In this country, the state bars might see this kind of service as the unauthorized practice of law. To the extent Mindark is not a legal services company, and nothing would lead us to believe that it is, the company would not have a license to write up legal documents for its customers. Ben: the report in your post states that “The company Mindark from Gothenburg will begin to draw up wills for their customers to cover the things they own in their virtual computer world.”

In this country, the state bars might see this kind of service as the unauthorized practice of law. To the extent Mindark is not a legal services company, and nothing would lead us to believe that it is, the company would not have a license to write up legal documents for its customers.

]]> By: Ashcroft Burnham https://virtuallyblind.com/2008/09/09/entropia-wills/#comment-19145 Ashcroft Burnham Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:20:23 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/?p=902#comment-19145 It is not clear in respect of Sweden whether they are taxing monies at the point of conversion to a local currency, or are taxing the proceeds of enterprises that are never cashed out: in other words, taxing virtual currencies themselves. The distinction is an important one, since the former would be unremarkable, but the latter seriously oppressive (and probably unworkable). It is not clear in respect of Sweden whether they are taxing monies at the point of conversion to a local currency, or are taxing the proceeds of enterprises that are never cashed out: in other words, taxing virtual currencies themselves.

The distinction is an important one, since the former would be unremarkable, but the latter seriously oppressive (and probably unworkable).

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