Second Life business sues for copyright infringement
- July 4, 2007 4:57 PM |
- By Ian Johnson
by Jennifer Wilson, CBCNews.ca
Online sources are reporting that Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman, who runs the adult-content company Eros LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday against Second Life resident Volkov Catteneo. The case has already sparked debate on high-profile blogs about the potential legal fallout for the virtual world.
A court document made available by Reuter's Second Life Bureau accuses Catteneo of illegally copying and selling Eros's SexGen bed, a piece of virtual furniture that displays sex animations.
On GigaOm, blogger Wagner James Au reports that this could be a precedent setting case, if it makes it to court.
Reports say Alderman's lawyer plans to subpoena Linden Labs to force it to disclose Catteneo's real-world identity.
Steve O'Hear on Zdnet says the real issue here is not copyright infringement, but whether individuals can keep their virtual and real life identities separate.
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Comment (1)
Linden Labs does not claim to protect your real-life identity, and in fact they have added many features since the initial launch that completely compromise your identity to fellow Lifers when interacting with their property and objects. It would be quite possible for a tech-savvy private investigator to determine someone's identity, if that person were active in SL and did not take extreme precautions (which would render the service nearly unusable).