Category Archives: Virtual Land

Is your online game gold real?

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that my law review article about virtual items was published in the William Mitchell Law Review this month.  I’m very excited about it, and apparently, I’m not the only … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Tools Available to Counter zF Redzone Alt Detection Tool

A few months ago, I wrote about a highly controversial program that was showing up in Sims all over Second Life called zF RedZone.  This piece of software was allegedly designed to help sim owners detect alts (secondary characters) for … Continue reading

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RedZone, Second Life IP Address Detection Tool, Runs Afoul of New SL Policy, EU Data Privacy Law

In an odd turn of events that is all too common online these days, an ingenious system created for Second Life land holders to reduce incidents of harassment and abuse by malicious griefers has itself turned out to be a … Continue reading

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Second Life Class Action Update: Virtual Land Suit Still Awaiting Ruling on Dismissal Motion

Happy New Year everyone!  I thought I’d start off 2011 with an update of what’s going on in the virtual land class action case I last told you about in August.  For those of you who are just catching up, … Continue reading

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