Can people actually 'own' virtual land?


Tech | 206836 hits | May 13 11:21 am | Posted by: tritium
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It remains unclear what rights, if any, people have to virtual property, like Zed Drebin's space-themed island in Second Life.

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  1. by avatar tritium
    Thu May 13, 2010 6:23 pm
    Zed's towns name is called; "loserville."

  2. by avatar Brenda
    Thu May 13, 2010 6:26 pm
    Why would ANYONE pay real money for anything on the web that is not delivered to their real house?

  3. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Thu May 13, 2010 6:29 pm
    On a link off that page is some Japanese guy who married a video game character.

    So, on the subject of pathetic, who's seen "Surrogates"?

  4. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu May 13, 2010 6:50 pm
    No you can't and here's why. Why should a world creator be forced to keep it up and running if the income from the game or whatever it is, isn't continuing to roll and and keep the company solvent?

    Maybe people need to start reading their TOS before shelling out real money for a virtual life.

  5. by avatar Monkeyman
    Thu May 13, 2010 6:50 pm
    Ugh. Seriously, Second Life is in the news again?

  6. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu May 13, 2010 7:16 pm
    I wonder how many of these losers understand that you never actually OWN property in real life either.

  7. by avatar coaster_dot
    Thu May 13, 2010 7:34 pm
    We actually use second life for school. The department I have classes in owns "land" in the game and we use it for our 3D stuff. Our school also uses it for nursing students and we create scenarios for the nursing students to practice. It's actually pretty cool. However, we use it for practical purposes. I know people who sit on this thing for 14-18 hours a day :roll:

    I look at it this way. If you are able to own server space, you technically can own virtual land since it's basically the same thing.

  8. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu May 13, 2010 7:41 pm
    "coaster_dot" said
    We actually use second life for school. The department I have classes in owns "land" in the game and we use it for our 3D stuff. Our school also uses it for nursing students and we create scenarios for the nursing students to practice. It's actually pretty cool. However, we use it for practical purposes. I know people who sit on this thing for 14-18 hours a day :roll:

    I look at it this way. If you are able to own server space, you technically can own virtual land since it's basically the same thing.

    Welll I can't say much about time, I have days I've spent that long in here :lol:



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