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VWFE: The legal pitfalls of virtual worlds - Tech Digest
Oh my. I'm at the Virtual Worlds Forum Europe still, and it's about to get hardcore in a legal eagly way. The next panel session is 'Legal and regulatory issues relating to virtual worlds'. In other words, can you get your avatar arse sued or arrested for something you do in virtualand? First up is David Naylor, partner in the technology law group at Field Fisher Waterhouse, which actually has a Second Life office. He says the legal issues range from what exactly an in-world asset is, and who actually owns it (you, or the company that runs the virtual world).
Stuart Dredge