When Pretend Money Has Real Value

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A Study of Virtual Property in Online Gaming

just one more link about Property in Second Life

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A lot of questions...

Very interesting interview with David Naylor (SL- Solomon Cortes).

Find out how complicated can be legal implications of doing business in virtual worlds.

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Show notes :

00:12 - Mike O’Hara introduction
01:10 - Start of interview
01:25 - Why did FFW establish a presence in Second Life?
03:03 - Intellectual Property issues - who owns what?
04:28 - Unauthorised replicas of real world goods & brands
06:49 - Anonymity issues
10:22 - “Goods” versus “services”
11:41 - Which laws actually apply?
12:56 - How much regulation should there be in virtual worlds?
15:33 - Employment law
17:48 - Contracts, consumer protection, e-commerce law
20:24 - FFW’s activities in Second Life
22:29 - Where to find out more
23:26 - End of interview
23:47 - Lister feedback from Dale Johnstone
24:29 - Preview of next show, featuring Nick Wilson
25:07 - Wrap-up

By the way, Salomon Cortes takes over as President of the Second Life Bar Association recently :)

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The Media Revolution

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Real life, real lawsuit

fascinating stuff :)

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Al Andalus Caliphate Project Presentation on the Slang Life Island

We are excited to invite you to the presentation of two-sim Al-Andalus Caliphate Project, which takes place on 15th December at 10 am PST on the Slang Life Island.

The Al-Andalus Caliphate Project is an attempt to reconstruct 14th Century Moor Alhambra.

It aims to build around this virtual space a community of individuals willing to explore the modalities of interaction between different languages, nationalities, religions and cultures shaped by authentic Islamic principles.

Those principles include political participation, separation of powers, justice and the rule of law.
As such, it is a social, political, legal and social project that takes advantage of the opportunities offered by the SL platform to develop virtual communities around a fixed virtual place and model its growth and development with real individuals from accross the world - all while intergrating a sense of gaming, entertainment, and sheer fun.

For more information about this project visit Virtually Blind or Your2ndPlace


See you all there... Caliphate Project Presentation on the Slang Life Island

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Harvard university

Harvard Extension School od pewnego już czasu na wyspie Berkman organizuje ciekawe wykłady. W znakomitej części poświęcone prawnym aspektom "światów wirtualnych". Odbyło się już kilka symulacji rozpraw sądowych. Oto zapis jednej z nich. Program zajęć prowadzonych przez Rebecce Nelson (aka Rebecca Berkman) znaleźć można tutaj. Dostępne są również nagrania video do obejrzenia lub ściągnięcia.


Jeszcze jeden filmik z Harvardu do obejrzenia pod tym adresem:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/

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Better Life

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