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The taxman cometh, part umpteen
By one estimate, about $1 billion in real dollars changed hands in computer-based environments called ‘virtual worlds’ in 2005. … IRS employees have been unable to respond to taxpayer inquiries about...
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Europe’s security recommendations for VWs
Spotted on Metaverse Law that The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) released an interesting position paper on some of the concerns associated with virtual worlds. A summary of...
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EU says games good for kids
A report from the European parliament concluded yesterday that computer games are good for children and teach them essential life skills. via Video games are good for children – EU report | Technology...
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Worlds.com threatens
The headlines kind of say it all: Worlds.com CEO: We’re ‘Absolutely’ Going To Sue Second Life And World Of Warcraft (ATVI). Worlds.com: We’ve patented the world Patent Troll Ready To Sue World of...
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Entropia becomes a bank
Ars Technica reports that Project Entropia and MindArk are in the process of getting an actual banking license. …a Swedish video game developer has been granted preliminary approval for a real banking...
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Worlds.com patent update
Virtual Worlds News has a report that tomorrow may see some developments in the Worlds.com patent case; apparently Article One Partners, the folks who were crowdsourcing finding prior art, will be...
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State of Play VI
State of Play VI is coming up June 19th and 20th, and I will be keynoting there and doing lots of Metaplace demoing. I’m looking forward to this one — I haven’t made it to a State of Play conference...
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Chinese jail for virtual currency extortion
So this gang of bullies strongarms a guy in an Internet cafe in China, and extorts a bunch of virtual goods and a pile of QQ coins from him. He gets caught, and the court rules that since the virtual...
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Avatar rights come back
The Lawbringer: A prelude to avatar rights is an article kicking off what appears to be a series looking at avatar rights in the context of World of Warcraft. It has been a while since the original...
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