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Second Life Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court
Conlaw writes "A former plumbing contractor who has made a new career selling virtual cyber sex toys in the virtual world of Second Life, has now brought suit against another player who is allegedly copying and selling a device called the Sex Gen. The plaintiff, whose avatar is known as 'Stroker Serpentine,' is seeking the real name of the copycat entrepreneur. The reporter describing the lawsuit included commentary from a cyber law professor whose university maintains a virtual Supreme Court in the Second Life world."
Actually, SL is pretty good about IP. You can imbue items with "no copy" proprties and stuff like that.
Posting from a Wii btw.
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
http://secondlife.reuters.com/media/SDOC1202.pdf
You could read the court filing, instead of guessing.
He's claiming both trademark and copyright infringement. It looks like the emphasis is on the trademark, since that's a more clear cut case.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
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The articles that were being sold were digital duplicates. The plaintiff was selling them based on the popularity of our "SexGen" line. This is not a matter of competition, it is a matter of exploit and theft. All the scripts, animations and sounds were identical. We would not have brought this suit to court otherwise.