Dave Birch writes,
Something you may not have noticed, but there was another milestone passed on the road to the future of banking a few weeks ago, when Project Entropia auctioned banking licences for its virtual world. In fact there were five licences sold, with the highest bid at $99,900 going to “Yuri”, an undoubtedly fit [...]
via Slashdot,
“In a decision that could have far-reaching implications, a federal court in Pennsylvania has held that the California arbitration clause in the ‘take it or leave it’ clickwrap agreement on the Second Life website is unconscionable, and therefore unenforceable. In its decision (pdf) in
Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc., No. 06-4925 (E.D. Pa. May [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=22b6f6bd091d0e1d&ex=1182312000&pagewanted=all
Of note,
“last month American WoW players filed a class-action suit against the dominant virtual-gold retailer, IGE, the first of its kind.”
The thought had occurred to me as I was writing my conclusion, seems like I missed out!
This article concerns Second Life and election law in Japan. A Japanese lawmaker has opened an office within Second Life which may be in violation of Japanese law. The law, about 50 years old according to the article, restricts the use of text and images in election campaigns to postcards and pamphlets. [...]
