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Second Life land dispute goes IRL

by Magdalena Larsson

Although I really think that Second Life is not really a game, a lot of people would of course disagree. And since SL count’s as a game, this latest news from gamepolitics.com is quite interesting to read since it seems that some virtual land dispute that started last year has moved into actual REAL LIFE court rooms.

Attorney Marc Bragg “exploited a URL quirk to grab several plots of virtual land for cheap,” and Linden Labs then suspended his account, citing ToS violations.

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Bragg responded by filing suit in a Pennsylvania court, which Linden tried to have dismissed (it didn’t work). No word on when it will actually be going to be heard in federal court, but it probably will since real money is at stake. If it does, it could be very interesting since the verdict of the case can set a statement for how virtual items should be handled in the future.

Read more at Gamepolitics.com

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Posted in General, MMO, Politics on June 11th, 2007

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