Clik here to view.
A dollar you can’t refuse
What’s the difference between a ‘real’ currency and a ‘virtual’ currency? The answer is: None at all. There’s only currency that is or is not legal tender. Read more ... Ads by Project Wonderful! Your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation lawyers reverse position, cease-and-desist on...
So, the lawyers of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation have sent cease-and-desist notices the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum in Second Life, which seems contrary to the foundation’s declared mission...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mighty lawsuits from little amendments grow
Historically, in the USA (and some other countries), clothing was exempt from the protections afforded by copyright as it was considered “an article of use”. Being that we’re bilaterally symmetrical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Both unjust and unfair
Today was to be the announcement of an Australian R18+ rating for games – or lack thereof. Today it is a lack, because unanimity is required, and one State Attorney General held back. If we accept that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ozimals, Amaretto in Second Life copyright dispute. Amaretto filing federal...
Odds are you’ve heard of Ozimals if you’re involved with Second Life at all. They make all those breedable bunnies that you see around. Well, there’s another company in the same field: Amaretto Ranch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ozimals responds with statement on Amaretto copyright case
Ozimals’ owner Candy Cerveau has responded with a statement on the Ozimals blog about the today’s news of the copyright dispute between Ozimals and Amaretto Ranch Breedables, and has included a copy of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court grants Amaretto temporary restraining order against Linden Lab
Amaretto Ranch Breedables has obtained a temporary restraining order against Linden Lab as the next step in its legal battle with rival virtual animal manufacturer, Ozimals – pending a bond payment. A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update on Amaretto vs Ozimals case
I don’t have access to all of the documents filed… yet, but I’ll update you on what I know so far. Read more ... Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0 Full post: Update on Amaretto vs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enemy of the State
The chair of the US House Committee on Homeland Security, Peter King, has called to place journalist Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks on a US enemies list. US citizens and treaty nation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mailbag: How can I copyright my Second Life work?
The electronic mailbag continues to be stuffed to overflowing, but I figured I would respond to this particular one in a post of its own, since Copyright – while it is ubiquitous, touching almost every...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catholic priest interferes with electoral egalitarianism
In the New South Wales election this weekend, a Catholic priest perverted electoral procedure. It’s something that cannot be left to stand. Read more ... Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who are the criminals?
The word ‘criminal’ gets used a whole heck of a lot. In its strictest and most correct terms in these modern days, a criminal is someone who has both violated the criminal code in their jurisdiction,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What happens to payment info after it has been compromised?
So, you read about it a lot. Security breaches that ‘may’ have compromised the credit-card or other payment information of a lot of people. Notice how people never say that payment information has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spin Magazine wants to snatch a user’s twitter handle due to a coincidence of...
Eric Rice (whom you may also know better as Spin Martin) has gotten a cease-and-desist letter from Spin Magazine insisting that he give up his twitter name. At issue is Rice’s twitter handle @spin....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sony insists on the right to be irresponsible and negligent without legal...
Sony was recently – and quite rightly – subject to lawsuits from its Playstation Network users for an almost unprecedented level of negligence with customer data. Now Sony has been scrambling to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Copyright is for everybody
Copyright is an interesting beastie, and a very necessary one. Without Copyright law, most open source licences and Creative Commons licenses would be worthless. Copyright is enshrined in the United...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A landmark ruling
Something just happened. Something important. On Tuesday, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that when two boys forced a third (by violence) to give them two of his Runescape items, that it was theft. Now,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why push unconstitutional laws?
Haven’t you ever wondered why States of the United States of America seem to keep sponsoring, voting for, and even occasionally passing laws and bills that they know will never go into effect on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Impossible software
If you produce software – any kind of software – the issue of patents has probably come up. The fact is that it is impossible to produce a piece of software that actually does anything practical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amaretto vs Ozimals: Wow, what a doozy!
I must confess that, while I was still keen on the progress of the lawsuit between Amaretto Ranch Breedables and Ozimals (et al), very limited access to court documents and the relatively slow progress...
View Article