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25 October 2007

There be cut-price land in these virtual hills: the latest legal action to threaten Linden Labs

A Second Life resident who inadvertently sold acres of virtual land to a "landbot", is threatening to sue Linden Labs, the company behind Second Life for failing to do anything about it. According to the Reuters Second Life news blog, Jeannie Shields, the resident in question, is planning on suing Linden Labs. She is aided by Marc Bragg, the lawyer who recently settled his own dispute with Linden Labs over any land-purchase issue.

On the information known so far, it's difficult to identify the legal basis of any legal action. We'll keep an eye on developments.

Posted at 11:41 AM in IT & e-commerce law |

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