The similarity between ownership of land in feudal England and in Second Life suggests that offline courts should protect user interests in virtual items, gradually, without treating them as full-blown modern “property.” (James Grimmelmann, Yale Law Journal, Jan 19, 2009) Read
Sundance Film Festival holds first time ever screening in Second Life
Never before had Sundance Film Festival audience members been part fox, used names like “NeoConD” and “Apparatchik,” or had the power to teleport away. Marking a first for both Sundance and cyberspace, these viewers were avatars watching a feature-length festival film Monday from a screening room in the virtual world of Second Life. (Michelle Meyers, CNET…