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Player sues player over user-created content, wins (sorta)

November 29th, 2007 (Visited 1102 times) Tags:

Folks 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 after the perpetrator in court.

Well, the alleged perpetrator didn’t answer the filing, which means that a default judgement was entered. Now, the aggrieved party can seek damages. Once again, virtual worlds avoid a substantive court case that could discuss implications of virtuality and goods…

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Eros v. Leatherwood Update - Default Entered | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law wrote on November 29th, 2007 at 7:29 pm:

[...] on 29 Nov 2007 at 12:17 pm3 Raph’s Website » Player sues player over user-created content, wins (sorta) [...]

Raph’s Website » A virtual property precedent established wrote on December 4th, 2007 at 9:30 am:

[...] is not the same case as the Eros case I referenced just a few days ago, but Eros is one of the plaintiffs. This case centered on copyright and trademark — Rase [...]