Four years on the CDS is in a fairly healthy state but, as ever in a democracy, there is stuff still to do. There are unravelled threads, incomplete projects and outstanding issues. It is messy, ragged and never complete - just like in RL.
The main problem with the governance of virtual communities is that our legal system operates in such a way as to vest overwhelming power in the hands of those who create and maintain the platforms. These people, whom we call 'proprietors', for they own the code that defines the platform and servers upon which the code runs, exercise almost complete discretion as to who may access and who may continue to access 'their' community. The law, by giving primacy to these property rights, marginalises the interests of participants in these communities. Further, by casting any disputes or tensions which arise as belonging wholly in the 'private' sphere, we deligitimise any to the current allocation of entitlements.
An interesting article by Michael Passman.
More on Virtually Blind.
How Linden Lab handle with DMCA notices on user generated content in their virtual environment?
Very informative post by Tateru Nino from Massively.
About one month ago Polska Republika (The Polish Republic) was born in Second Life. It looks like it is the first Polish self-governance attempt in the metaverse.
There is preamble and Small Constitusion so far. Final Constitusion still under construction. The owner of the island is a Queen (yes Republic with a Queen :)) but the plan is to establish government elected democratically by the community.
Some informations available on two great blogs run by: Ayumi Cassini and Gwyneth Llwelyn.
The Queen, Uzi Boa has her own blog too.
More details here or in-world.
Great overview of 42 (current open or in beta) virtual worlds in 7 minutes.
The fourth global iSummit will be held in Sapporo, Japan from 29 July to 1 August, 2008.
iCommons in association with Digital Garage, Creative Commons Japan and the City of Sapporo will bring together pioneers of the free Internet from over 60 countries around the world.
The iSummit '08 in Second Life is coordinated by David Orban, aka Davidorban Agnon, virtual worlds visionary.
Check out the event schedule
Click on the following link to visit the island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Sapporo/128/160/22/
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