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Player sues player over user-created content

July 5th, 2007

Maker Of Virtual Sex Toys Takes Online Dispute To Federal Court — happening in Second Life, of course. And over sex toys, of course. Porn is always on the bleeding edge of technology…

This is a good example of exactly what Linden wanted to happen — redirecting disputes like this away from customer service and to the real-world dispute resolution process.

At issue is actually a trademark dispute, apparently; Stroker Serpentine, the person suing, makes around $40,000 a year selling “Sex Gen” beds that permit sexual positions between avatars, and he accuses the other party of copying it and selling the copy for a profit.

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  1. Dildo and vibrators wrote on

    source:Player sues player over user created content, Raphs Website I tried several more searches on ’sex toys’ but after 10 minutes I got tired, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Glass dildo’. Still, I think it was an interesting exercise.

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  3. Raph’s Website » Player sues player over user-created content, wins (sorta) wrote on

    [...] who have been around a while may remember this case, about a Second Life player who makes virtual sex toys, had them cloned/copied/ripped off, then went [...]

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    [...] who have been around a while may remember this case, about a Second Life player who makes virtual sex toys, had them cloned/copied/ripped off, then went [...]

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  1. csven said on

    I read elsewhere that he’s sold 100,000. This makes much more sense.

  2. Rebel Television said on

    Everyone I’ve talked to associates SexGen with BB’s. This is a pretty lame move on Stroker’s part.

  3. Adele said on

    I wonder what the judge said when he looked over that case…

  4. csven said on

    Perhaps: “Can I buy a real one of these things?”

  5. Prokofy Neva said on

    I’ve asked lots of questions about the motivation, the particulars, and the real aim of this lawsuit here.

  6. csven said on

    Minor update: “Judge OKs Real Subpoenas In Virtual Sex Lawsuit” (Link)

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