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Law and Virtual Worlds
Greg Lastowka writes "In light of yesterday's spirited discussion of the Shadowbane hack, I thought folks might be interested in this forthcoming article about the laws of virtual worlds. The article has three parts: 1) a history of virtual worlds (e.g. Space War --> MMORPGs), 2) a theoretical analysis of whether virtual world "property" can/should be treated as legal property, and 3) an analysis of whether virtual worlds can/should give rise to any other legal rights, i.e. rights of avatars -- an idea first floated by Raph Koster. I realize there are plenty of strongly-held and divergent opinions on this, so hopefully this might add to the ongoing conversation. Also, we're revising this for publication over the summer, so we will be reading the comments for any corrections/insights/humor that we can incorporate into our revisions."
go for it. 2003-05-23 BALLMER, STEVEN A. Chief Executive Officer 4,381,510 Automatic Sale at $24.32 - $24.5 per share. (Proceeds of about $106,953,000) 2003-05-22 BALLMER, STEVEN A. Chief Executive Officer 24,648,452 Automatic Sale at $24.04 - $24.25 per share. (Proceeds of about $595,137,000) 2003-05-21 BALLMER, STEVEN A. Chief Executive Officer 2,610,098 Automatic Sale at $24.43 - $24.67 per share. (Proceeds of about $64,078,000) 2003-05-20 ALLCHIN, JAMES E. Vice President 50,000 Option Exercise at $2.984 per share. (Cost of $149,200) 2003-05-20 ALLCHIN, JAMES E. Vice President 50,000 Sale at $24.81 - $24.835 per share. (Proceeds of about $1,241,000) 2003-05-15 BURGUM, DOUGLAS J 348,858 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $9,029,796) 2003-05-13 MARQUARDT, DAVID TR(DM) Director 200,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $5,210,800) 2003-05-13 ALLCHIN, JAMES E. Vice President 50,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $1,310,000) 2003-05-13 ALLCHIN, JAMES E. Vice President 50,000 Sale at $26.12 per share. (Proceeds of $1,306,000) 2003-05-12 MARQUARDT, DAVID TR(DM) Director 200,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $5,223,760) 2003-05-12 - 2003-05-13 MARQUARDT, DAVID F. Director 400,000 Sale at $26.054 - $26.118 per share. (Proceeds of about $10,434,000) 2003-05-12 ALLCHIN, JAMES E. Vice President 50,000 Option Exercise at $2.984 per share. (Cost of $149,200) 2003-05-05 JOHNSON, KEVIN R. Vice President 322,560 Sale at $26.11 - $26.2 per share. (Proceeds of about $8,437,000) 2003-04-29 RUDDER, ERIC D. 102,400 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $2,644,992) 2003-04-29 RUDDER, ERIC DAVID Senior Vice President *100,000 Sale at $25.83 per share. (Proceeds of $2,583,000) 2003-04-29 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 5,000,000 Sale at $25.70 - $26.16 per share. (Proceeds of about $129,650,000) 2003-04-29 GATES, WILLIAM H. Chairman 5,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $128,700,000) 2003-04-28 GATES, WILLIAM H. Chairman 4,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $100,840,000) 2003-04-28 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 4,000,000 Sale at $25.68 - $25.91 per share. (Proceeds of about $103,180,000) 2003-04-25 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 4,000,000 Sale at $25.18 - $25.45 per share. (Proceeds of about $101,260,000) 2003-04-24 GATES, WILLIAM H. Chairman 1,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $25,720,000) 2003-04-24 GATES, WILLIAM H. Chairman 2,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $51,440,000) 2003-04-24 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 3,000,000 Sale at $25.40 - $25.67 per share. (Proceeds of about $76,605,000) 2003-04-23 RASHID, RICHARD F. Senior Vice President 300,000 Option Exercise at $2.984 per share. (Cost of $895,200) 2003-04-23 RASHID, RICHARD F. Senior Vice President 300,000 Sale at $25.68 - $25.71 per share. (Proceeds of about $7,709,000) 2003-04-23 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 1,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $25,740,000) 2003-04-23 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 1,000,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $25,740,000) 2003-04-23 RASHID, RICHARD Vice President 300,000 Planned Sale (Estimated proceeds of $7,692,000) 2003-04-22 GATES, WILLIAM H. III Chairman 2,000,000 Sale at $25.50 - $25.79 per share. (Proceeds of about $51,290,000)