FBI Examines Second Life Casinos

UnanimousCoward writes "Yahoo! is running an article reporting that Second Life has invited the FBI to tour their casinos. Under the theory that they may have some objections, Linden wanted to make sure that everything was on the up and up. The FBI has apparently taken them up on the offer, but will not comment on their conclusion. With the recent US crackdown on Internet gambling, visits to Second Life casinos have increased (using Linden dollars that can be exchanged for real currency). 'Most lawyers agree that placing bets with Linden dollars likely violates US anti-gambling statutes, which cover circumstances in which something of value is wagered. But the degree of Linden Lab's responsibility, and the likelihood of a any crackdown, is uncertain.'"

Comments

The only solution

[MikeRT]

Is to stop criminalizing behavior that we don't like. Both liberals and conservatives are guilty of this in spades, and both are very self-righteous about this. The FBI cannot "do more important things" if its manpower is spread out of over every moralizing jackass's pet cause du jour.

You know why this will never end? Liberals and conservatives alike believe that their pet causes are so important, so common sense, so necessary that HOW FUCKING DARE YOU question them?! Read the US Constitution, it doesn't give the power to enforce half of the federal laws agencies enforce today. That doesn't matter because they're sophists. They'll bend the Constitution to mean whatever they want, even if it is all but a total ass raping of the language used in the Constitution.

Lord, please let the FBI smite Linden Labs...

[isaac]

Hot damn, I'm giggling at the prospect of Linden Labs getting right fscked by the FBI over this. The FBI is not exactly world-renown for its sane priorities or sense of proportionality.

May the big, dumb fist of the federal bureacracy come smashing down on Linden Labs and their crappy chatroom-cum-hype-machine! I hope a hundred lives are shattered by overbearing moralists and revenuers if it saves me from having to read one more breathless article about the wonders of this wanna-be metaverse. (Although that Anshe Chung griefing video WAS funny...)

-Isaac