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virtually blind virtual law legal issues in virtual worlds and multiuser online games benjamin duranske subscribe to posts comments benjamin duranske s final post at virtually blind december 2nd 2008 by benjamin duranske at least for now this is my final post at virtually blind it s been a blast but personal and professional obligations have taken center stage and at the moment i just do not have time to keep posting at the rate vb s readers have come to expect the site will remain online as a research resource but there will be no new content for the foreseeable future i will continue writing on issues related to virtual law in mainstream and industry publications and plan to stay very active in this field i cannot overstate my appreciation for virtually blind s readers commenters and contributing writers your regular visits over the last two years kept me posting and your witty insightful comments added immeasurably to the site i will genuinely miss interacting with all of you here and will look forward to staying in touch with you in other forums email this post print this post printer friendly formatting posted in 3d internet vb administration virtual law virtual law practice virtual worlds games comments off related posts on virtually blind second life miss universe pageant trumped by real life trademark holder linden lab assists i recently ran across a story about a dustup over alleged misuse of 7 comments one big year in virtual law as of today it has been exactly one year since i wrote my first post 6 comments new virtual law blog at one point i thought virtually blind was flirting with 0 comments benjamin duranske guest hosting special edition of metanomics featuring virtual world authors december 2nd 2008 by benjamin duranske benjamin duranske vb s editor and author of virtual law is guest hosting a special edition of metanomics on monday december 8 at 12 00 pm second life time pacific the show will feature a number of other virtual world authors talking about their books and their current projects just in time for the holidays guests include mark bell second life for dummies eddy shah second world julian dibbell my tiny life play money tom boellstroff coming of age in second life an anthropologist explores the virtually human and wagner james au the making of second life second life the official guide we ll be giving away signed copies of some of the books including virtual law and it should be a lot of fun hope to see many of vb s readers there metanomics is typically produced in second life though has been broadcast from other virtual worlds you can learn about the show at metanomics net and can catch up on old episodes at slcn tv if you can t log in to second life at noon pacific on monday you can watch the video feed and participate in chat via the web email this post print this post printer friendly formatting posted in 3d internet clippings second life virtual law virtual worlds games 2 comments related posts on virtually blind robert bloomfield in the guest chair on metanomics monday september 22 at noon pacific the fall season of the popular in world metaverse business and policy 0 comments benjamin duranske on the law of the grid on metanomics monday august 4 at 12 00 pacific quick note to let readers know that i ll be on robert bloomfield s 2 comments vb editor benjamin duranske to appear as metanomics legal correspondent i m pleased to announce that starting monday i will be appearing 3 comments quicklinks taxes blogs patents lawsuits and more november 29th 2008 by benjamin duranske virtually blind periodically runs quicklinks items that are not long enough for a full story but are worth a click here s the current batch the chartered institute of taxation will be conducting a seminar on virtual world tax issues at second life s depo business park on tuesday the 2nd of december at 3 30pm gmt 07 35am pst here s a slurl it s a bit early for u s readers but should be well worth attending i just ran across a fascinating discussion of second life s patent peace policy from a 2006 listserv post the post was written by linden lab s gene yoon and it sheds a lot of light on the thinking behind the rather non standard patent clause in second life s terms of service interesting twist in the slart trademark lawsuit via massively it turns out that the avatar victor vezina who richard minsky named as a defendant along with linden lab is the avatar of technology writer victor keegan who writes for guardian co uk keegan says he was a pawn caught in the crossfire between linden and minsky last year vb covered a video by second life s bernard drax of a virtual guantanamo bay detention camp the video of the installation is up for an every human has rights media award congratulations there s a solid breakdown of the blizzard v mdy case pdf from the north carolina journal of law technology the interesting thing about this article is that it sets out a potential argument for appeal based on what the journal sees as the trial court s somewhat vague restatement of a key test definitely worth a click if you ve been following the case this one s not directly related to virtual law but i wanted to highlight geri kahn s new california immigration lawyer blog because geri is current vp of finance of the sl bar association and active in virtual worlds also in sl bar association officer blog news stephen wu the slba s president elect recently posted on the possible impact of an obama administration on virtual worlds interesting analysis just came across a list of the top 50 internet and digital law blogs that includes vb lots of good sites on here including a few i hadn t heard of one more blog note sean kane one of my co chairs of the virtual worlds and multiuser online games committee of the aba s section of science technology law is periodically posting to a blog at his new site virtual judgment finally in case stated income home loans seemed insufficiently high risk for your investment profile some of the usual suspects in the always entertaining second life financial markets are selling securities in second life in order to raise the funds potentially to sue linden lab for incresing the price of some types of virtual land last month proceeds from the lawsuit supposedly go to investors email this post print this post printer friendly formatting posted in blizzard copyright law lawsuits linden lab quicklinks virtual law 3 comments related posts on virtually blind slart update minsky and linden lab agree to keep temporary restraining order active until trial slart trademark registrant richard minsky and linden lab have filed 1 comments aba journal on lawyers in second life the march aba journal has an article linked below about lawyers in 9 comments commentary far too early to evalulate possible peregrine ppv patent this is going to be a short post because there s really not enough 4 comments second life miss universe pageant trumped by real life trademark holder linden lab assists november 24th 2008 by benjamin duranske i recently ran across a story about a dustup over alleged misuse of the miss universe trademark in second life via twisted and tawdry cutting through the drama and there s plenty if your drama levels are low the story appears to be that the trump organization as in donald is enforcing its miss universe trademark in second life and second life s provider linden lab is assisting with enforcement while mainstream organizations have taken steps to enforce trademarks in second life before in this case the recipient of the enforcement action apparently made the note received from linden lab public here s the purported text of that notice subject re notification of trademark infringement received by linden lab we re writing to let you know about changes made to your profile in second life miss universe l p lllp the owner of the miss universe trademark has complained about use of the miss universe trademark in the second life environment linden lab respects the rights of both second life residents and trademark owners accordingly linden lab has removed uses of miss universe and miss sl universe from your second life profile please do not continue to use miss universe or miss sl universe in the second life environment thank you for your cooperation best regards linden lab assuming this is all accurate it sheds some light the procedures and steps a trademark holder might wish to request that linden lab take in similar situations notably the communication only refers to alteration to profile text and not removal of in world items verbiage in profiles is the low hanging fruit of trademark enforcement in virtual worlds of course so i wonder if the miss universe organization targeted only the profile text or if linden lab limited their enforcement to that area in any case it s interesting to see an example of what linden lab will currently do when contacted by mainstream brands or their attorneys claiming trademark infringement email this post print this post printer friendly formatting posted in linden lab providers second life trademark law virtual law virtual worlds games 7 comments related posts on virtually blind second life brand center launched thousands of business and organization names subject to new trademark guidelines after years of largely ignoring widespread use of its trademarks on 29 comments linden lab gets extension of time to oppose pending slcn trademark registration second life creator linden lab is apparently in negotiations with in 2 comments there com changes texture theft rules actively protects users in world intellectual property about a month ago there com quietly made a policy change that gave 8 comments page 1 of 87 1 2 3 4 5 last about virtually blind from early 2007 to late 2008 virtually blind covered legal news issues and events that impact virtual worlds video games and the 3d internet the site is no longer updated though it remains online as a research resource posts and comments on vb were and are not offered as legal advice and are not confidential attorney client communication posts and comments reflect only the opinion of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinion of vb s editor other contributors sponsors or any author s employer about benjamin duranske benjamin duranske is the author of virtual law navigating the legal landscape of virtual worlds and numerous mainstream and trade articles on virtual law also see benjamin duranske on linkedin more about vb welcome to vb first post avatar names in vb articles are games virtual worlds vb on live cases and issues search search terms web virtually blind submit search form articles by category 3d internet 22 clippings 26 content creators 37 aimee weber studio 1 anshe chung studios 1 de designs 5 electric sheep 3 eros 16 green grotto 1 le cadre 5 millions of us 1 nomine 5 peregrine salon 1 pixel dolls 5 rh designs 5 rivers run red 2 dmca 13 hardware 3 lawsuits 88 blizz v peons4hire 1 bragg 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