Intellectual Property Law

Second Life: More virtual world property disputes

Canadian courts see breach of contract claim for activities in Second Life

I was typing in "murder" trying (so far unsuccessfully) to hunt down a lead for a Second Life incident sometime back in which executive business type avatars were "killed" by a car crashing into the board of directors meeting. My goal was to explore the story and press coverage, and to engage in a discussion of ethics.
Seems "loss of an avatar" in which one has invested would most likely be treated as a virtual property claim and not a "criminal" action....but perhaps there are other interesting causes of action as rights seem to be extended into virtual creations and relations in virtual worlds.

Full post as published by Idea Lawyer Blog on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).